Hazel Dockrell

Hazel Marguerite Dockrell (born 1952) is an Irish-born microbiologist and immunologist whose research has focused on immunity to the human mycobacterial diseases, leprosy and tuberculosis. She has spent most of her career at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where as of 2020 she is a professor of immunology. She was the first female president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Jimmy Whitworth of the Wellcome Trust describes her as "a marvellous ambassador for global health and research."

Career and research Her first post-doctoral position was at the immunology department of Middlesex Hospital Medical School (1978–85), working with John Playfair under Ivan Roitt. Her research there was on anti-malarial immune responses. In 1985, she joined the recently established department of clinical tropical medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), working with Keith McAdam. Her early research at LSHTM was on immunity to leprosy, particularly the T-cell response to Mycobacterium leprae. She spent time at the Aga Khan University in Karachi where she began a long-term collaboration with the Pakistani immunologist, Rabia Hussain. In the latter role, she has focused on improving the research capabilities of the multiple African institutes with which LSHTM collaborates.

She has been one of the co-authors of Cedric Mims' textbook Medical Microbiology from the third edition (2003).

Personal life Her partner is Stephen Gaccon, whom she met while studying for her PhD.

Selected publications Books Richard Goering, Hazel Dockrell, Mark Zuckerman, Peter L. Chiodini. Mims' Medical Microbiology and Immunology (6th edition) (Elsevier; 2018) Research papers