Charles Bangham

Charles Bangham is a British scientist who holds the Chair in Immunology at Imperial College London.

Education Bangham was educated at the University of Cambridge (BA) and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM, BCh). He completed his PhD on immune responses to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) while working at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1987.

Research and career Since 1987 Bangham has conducted research on the Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1). and murine leukaemia virus (MLV) are transmitted from cell-to-cell, starting a new field in virology.

Awards and honours Bangham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) since 2003 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).