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Professor Roger Hewson

Professor in Molecular Virology

United Kingdom

My work is focused on improving public health through research on virology, pathogenesis and new and emerging viruses. This includes basic and translational research, capacity building, training and education programmes in new emerging and/or zoonotic infections. I hold a joint position with the UKHSA which includes work with highly pathogenic viruses at high containment.

Affiliations

Department of Infection Biology
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I teach in the MSc programmes: Medical Microbiology and Immunology of Infectious Diseases.
I am Module Organiser and teach on Molecular Virology (3140), I'm also involved in the Infectious Diseases distance learning programmes.

Research

I study arboviruses and viral haemorrhagic fevers which involves programmes on emerging disease with key collaborations in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucuses.
Research Area
Virology
Molecular biology
Diagnostics

Selected Publications

Characterisation of chikungunya virus neutralising monoclonal antibodies expressed in tobacco plants
Moore, CM; Paul, MJ; Pinneh, E; Shanmugaraj, B; Ashall, J; Ramalingam, S; HEWSON, R; Diamond, MS; Fox, JM; Ma, JK-C;
2025
Journal of Biotechnology
Genomic changes of Lassa virus associated with mammalian host adaptation.
Easterbrook, L; Dong, X; Smith, J; Fotheringham, S; Kempster, S; Hartley, C; Prince, T; Graham, V; Kennedy, E; Findlay-Wilson, S; Crossley, L; HEWSON, R; Almond, N; Hiscox, JA; Dowall, S;
2025
BMC genomics
Identifying hotspots and risk factors for tick-borne encephalitis virus emergence at its range margins to guide interventions, Great Britain.
Hassall, RM; Holding, M; Medlock, JM; Asaaga, FA; Vanwambeke, SO; HEWSON, R; Purse, BV;
2025
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Attenuation of Chikungunya Virus by a Single Amino Acid Substitution in the nsP1 Component of a Non-Structural Polyprotein.
Chamberlain, J; Dowall, SD; Smith, J; Pearson, G; Graham, V; RAYNES, J; HEWSON, R;
2025
Viruses
Whole-genome sequencing surveillance of Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) identifies an additional lineage in Kyrgyzstan.
D'ADDIEGO, J; Curran-French, M; Smith, J; Junushov, AT; Breininger, I; Atkinson, B; Hay, J; HEWSON, R;
2024
Virus research
Recombinant Vaccine Production: Production of a Recombinant CCHF MVA Vaccine.
Kennedy, E; HEWSON, R; Dowall, S;
2024
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis arenavirus utilises intercellular connections for cell to cell spread.
Byford, O; Shaw, AB; Tse, HN; Moon-Walker, A; Saphire, EO; Whelan, SP J; Stacey, M; HEWSON, R; Fontana, J; Barr, JN;
2024
Scientific reports
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever among healthcare workers in Iran 2000-2023, a report of National Reference Laboratory.
Fazlalipour, M; Jalali, T; HEWSON, R; Pouriayevali, MH; Salehi-Vaziri, M;
2024
BMC infectious diseases
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