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Isabella Hubbard is a PhD student based in the Centre for Snakebite Research and Intervention at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. She is interested in a neglected disease called scorpionism that can occur following a sting by some scorpion species. Isabella’s PhD studies focus on developing tools such as antibodies that bind to specific toxins in the venom of scorpions from North Africa. These tools could be developed into diagnostics or medicines to improve outcomes for people impacted by scorpionism in North Africa. Her PhD is part of the Medical Research Council funded Translational and Quantitative Skills Doctoral Training Programme.
Before starting her PhD studies, Isabella completed an MRes at Manchester Metropolitan University investigating novel vaccine candidates for whipworm infection. She is also interested in public engagement, public policy, and ensuring science and evidence are accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Research interests
Isabella's research interests follow three main themes. Understanding the role excreted proteins from medically relevant micro and macro-organism (including parasites and venomous animals) play in human and animal disease. Leveraging bioinformatic and computational tools to understand these interactions and develop interventions for the associated diseases. And exploring the interactions between excreted proteins from parasitic and venomous organisms and immune systems, and the evolutionary arms race that moulds such interactions.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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