Speakers

Bridget Penman studies the genetics of infection. She incorporates realistic genetic diversity into epidemiological models of infectious disease and uses those models to explore evolutionary and biomedical questions. Bridget's main research interests include how malaria parasites have impacted human evolution, and the population genetics of highly variable immune system genes. 

Bridget completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford, where she also held a Wellcome Trust postdoctoral fellowship and a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College. She then moved to the University of Warwick, where she worked in the School of Life Sciences and the Zeeman Institute. Since 2024, Bridget is an Associate Professor Tutorial Fellow in the Biology Department and St Peter's College at the University of Oxford. Her research is supported by a Springboard Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences.