Isabella Hubbard

Isabella Hubbard is a PhD student at the Liverpool school of tropical medicine. They are researching scorpionism (severe scorpion envenoming), a highly neglected disease which kills at least 3000 people annually. Their work is largely focused on developing antibodies recognising toxins that are unique to some medically important Moroccan scorpions. These antibodies could be used as diagnostic tools, and help determine what species are stinging people and causing severe disease in Morocco and beyond. Besides their PhD project, Isabella has a special interest in translational immunology and biotic interactions. Prior to their PhD Isabella completed a MRes in vaccine development for human whipworm infection at the Manchester Metropolitan University.