Margaret Stanley (virologist)

Margaret Anne Stanley, BSc PhD OBE FMedSci is a British virologist and epithelial biologist. As of 2009, she is Professor of Epithelial Biology at the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Christ's College.

Career and research

Stanley leads a research group focusing on the prevention and treatment of human papillomavirus infection, which causes cervical cancer.

She has served on the Council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and has been a member of two of their major committees for the past ten years.

She has been a fellow of Christ's College since 1991.^[1][2]

She is proponent of HPV vaccination pre-puberty, as when administered when the child is 13 years old, by the time the child is in their 20s it has been able to generate a high enough concentrations of antibodies to fight the virus.^[3][4] Stanley also urges that both sexes be vaccinated because both are susceptible to HPV-related illnesses.^[5][6]

Awards and honours

Stanley was awarded an OBE in 2004 for services to virology.^[7] She was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2005^[8] and given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.^[9]

Key papers

• Coleman N, Birley HD, Renton AM, Hanna NF, Ryait BK, Byrne M, Taylor-Robinson D, Stanley MA. (1994) Immunological events in regressing genital warts. Am J Clin Pathol 102: 768–774
• Stanley MA, Browne HM, Appleby M, Minson AC. (1989) Properties of a non-tumorigenic human cervical keratinocyte cell line. Int J Cancer 43: 672–676

References

1. Christ's College, University of Cambridge: Prof Margaret Anne Stanley (accessed 6 January 2009)
2. Christ's College, University of Cambridge: The Fellows of Christ's College (accessed 6 January 2009)
3. “The development of vaccines and immunotherapies against human papillomaviruses, the cause of cervix cancer” event Nov. 2012 (Accessed April 18, 2016)
4. The Naked Scientist Interview May 2010 (Accessed April 18, 2016)
5. Nature Outlook: Human Papillomavirus (Accessed April 18, 2016)
6. Nature Outlook Perspective: Vaccinate Boys too (Accessed April 18, 2016)
7. London Gazette (31 December 2003) Suppl. 1: S13
8. Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Margaret Stanley (accessed 6 January 2009)
9. "2010 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients". American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

External links

• University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology: Professor Margaret Stanley & Dr Jane Sterling
• Interview with The Naked Scientists