The Institute for Infection & Immunity at St George’s University of London has an annual fundraising event called Jennerosity. This year we are pleased to support the charity Group B Strep Support.

The Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infections is one of the leading international research centres on Group B Strep and is working on surveillance, standardisation and serocorrelates of protection and is part of the World Health Organisation's task-force to develop a pathway for licensing a Group B Strep vaccine.

Our members will be carrying out various fundraising activities in their local communities.

Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Lauren Hookham, will be participating for the third time in the Great North Run on the 11th September 2022! This is the biggest half marathon in the world and this year Lauren is fundraising for Jennerosity's Group B Strep Support!

On Jennerosity Day, 29th June 2022, we will be holding a research seminar and will hear from Jane Plumb, Chief Executive and Founder of the charity Group B Strep Support, and various other researchers  at the Institute for Infection & Immunity at SGUL who will speak on the progress of their research work on Group B Strep.

Group B Streptococcus is the UK's most common cause of life-threatening infection in new born babies and of meningitis in babies under age 3 months. On average in the UK, at least-two babies a day develop a group B Strep infection -one baby a week dies from their GBS infection, and-one baby a week survives with long-term disabilities – physical, mental or both. Yet most group B Strep infections are preventable. Group B Strep Support informs families & health professionals about group B Strep to save tiny lives.

I hope you will join us to support more research into Group B Strep!