Helen McShane

Professor Helen McShane leads the TB vaccine programme at Oxford University and is working on a BCG challenge model. MVA85A, the original new TB vaccine developed at Oxford and made by Helen during her PhD, was the first new TB vaccine to enter into clinical trials in 2002.

Career Equality Talks

The Nuffield Department of Medicine recognises the challenge of balancing work-life commitments and encourages staff to make use of the...

Women in Medical Science

Successful female scientists share their stories and speak candidly about their career in medical sciences and life experiences. The series...

Epidemics and Vaccines

Vaccines save millions of lives each year; however, some of the world's worst diseases are still difficult to prevent. Our series of...

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Translational Medicine

Research in Medicine needs to ultimately translate into better treatment of patients. Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine,...

Alumni Weekend

The annual Oxford University Alumni Weekend aims to showcase the Collegiate University as a whole, giving prominence to a range of current...

Vaccine Research at Oxford

Podcasts from the University of Oxford's vaccination research programmes, looking at innovative ways to vaccinate people against the...

Oxford Kafka24

A series of lectures and talks from across the University celebrating the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka. 100...

Title	Description	People	Date
Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience	Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient.	Helen McShane, Philip Fowler	12 June, 2024
Oxford Reads Kafka	A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today.	Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane, Danial Hussain, Marie Chatardová, Miguel Berger	12 June, 2024
Helen McShane: Women in science	A career in juggling, organisation and guilt management	Helen McShane	10 December, 2014
Helen McShane: Women in science	A career in juggling, organisation and guilt management	Helen McShane	7 October, 2014
Tuberculosis	Professor Helen McShane talks about her work on a new vaccine against tuberculosis.	Helen McShane	1 March, 2011
Tuberculosis	Dr Helen McShane has been working on a new TB vaccine for 10 years. She explains why developing countries are especially in need of a new vaccine since HIV and TB epidemics overlap and show a devastating synergy.	Helen McShane	1 March, 2011
Developing an improved TB vaccine	Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research.	Helen McShane	10 November, 2009
Fighting to end Tuberculosis	Helen McShane and Dr Helen Fletcher talk about a new TB vaccine currently being developed at Oxford's Wellcome Trust Centre that could become a more effective vaccine against Tuberculosis.	Helen McShane, Helen Fletcher	10 November, 2009
Developing an improved TB vaccine	Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research.	Helen McShane	28 October, 2009