Sarah Gilbert wins the 2021 Erna Hamburger Prize

The EPFL WISH Foundation has selected Dame Gilbert as the winner of this year's Erna Hamburger Award. ©University of Oxford / John Cairns - The EPFL WISH Foundation will present the 2021 Erna Hamburger Award to Prof. Dame Sarah Gilbert, a British vaccinologist and expert in vaccines against influenza and emerging viral pathogens, at a ceremony on October 18. The BBC describes her as "the woman who designed the Oxford vaccine." After the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Prof. Gilbert's research group at the University of Oxford worked tirelessly to come up with an effective vaccine - now produced by AstraZeneca - in just a few months. Her groundbreaking work brought her unprecedented national and international recognition, including her being named Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The EPFL WISH Foundation has selected Prof. Dame Gilbert as the winner of this year's Erna Hamburger Award, which will be presented to her at a ceremony on October 18. This award was introduced in 2006 to recognize influential female scientists. Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford.