Dr Caroline Vipond – Caroline is a Principle Investigator, Vaccines Division of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, where she is responsible for ensuring the safety and quality of a number of licensed meningococcal vaccines.
In addition to regulatory and standardisation responsibilities, the group carries out vaccine-based research. As a result, Caroline is closely associated with many of the current meningococcal vaccine developments and works in an advisory capacity with vaccine companies and bodies such as the EMA (European Medicines Agency) and the EDQM (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines).