As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, scientists and researchers rushed to study the virus and develop a vaccine. And leading the pack was British vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert. A professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, Gilbert, who specializes in the development of vaccines against influenza and emerging viral pathogens, codeveloped the COVID-19 vaccine being produced by AstraZeneca; the vaccine was approved for use in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2020.
