Helen McGettrick

University of Birmingham, UK

Helen McGettrick is a Reader in Inflammation and Vascular Biology at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing in University of Birmingham, UK. She has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Lancaster, and a MSc in Immunology and PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research team focuses on understanding the endogenous regulatory pathways controlling leukocyte trafficking and tissue homeostasis in health, with age and in disease. She has developed novel in vitro multi-cellular models, incorporating primary human cells and flow conditions that mimic the microcirculation, to understand how the local environment in tissue influences the recruitment of leukocytes. In 2016 she was awarded the prestigious “Garrod Prize” by the British Society for Rheumatology for her contribution to the field of Rheumatology.  She was elected as the England Representative for the British Society of Immunology (BSI) Members Forum 2018-2022 and is continues to be involved in the BSI as a part of Annual Congress Organising Committee.