Richard Adair PhD - Virology Manager
Richard graduated in 1994 from University of Edinburgh with a BSc (Hons) degree in Immunology, and subsequently worked (1994 – 1998) with Procter & Gamble Technical Centres, based in Staines, as a Clinical Research Manager. He managed Clinical Studies (primarily phase II) in a number of UK, European and international locations, including sites in North America, and in Beijing and Guangzhou in the Peoples Republic of China. As part of this position Richard was exposed to GLP, and GMP product manufacture, and as part of international training undertook a 6 month assignment at the Procter & Gamble Health Care Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio where he was involved in conducting clinical studies and standardisation of SOPs. Richard returned to academia in 1998 and graduated in 2002 from University of Glasgow with a PhD in Virology. From 2002-2005 he then undertook a 3-year post-doctoral position in Virology at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C. In early 2005 he returned to the UK to undertake a position as an Investigator Scientist at the MRC Virology Unit in Glasgow, working under Containment level 3 conditions with Hepatitis C. Richard has broad training in Virology, is well published and has presented at several international conferences on Virology topics. He joined Vitrology in August 2007 as Virology Manager.


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