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Speakers:
Prof Wendy Barclay, Chair in Influenza Virology, Imperial College London
Prof Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London
Prof Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford
Dr Steven Riley, Reader in Infectious Disease Ecology and Epidemiology, Imperial College London
Dr Richard Pebody, Head of Flu Surveillance, Health Protection Agency
In advance of the 2011/12 flu season, this Science Media Centre and Society for General Microbiology briefing involved five experts in various aspects of seasonal and pandemic influenza, who discussed topics including virology, pathology, vaccine development, public health and surveillance.