Southampton doctor who led worldwide Covid vaccine effort receives OBE
Professor Saul Faust has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list
A Southampton doctor who played a leading role in the coronavirus vaccination programme has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Professor Saul Faust, a consultant paediatrician at University Hospital Southampton, helped to determine the safety and effectiveness of the jabs.
During the pandemic, Southampton researchers and medics led and supported multiple studies.
One of the biggest studies, COV-BOOST, looked at the safety, immune responses and side-effects of seven vaccines when used as a third booster jab.
The trials were led by Professor Faust and the findings played a major role in shaping the UK Covid booster programme.
Professor Faust said: "I am deeply humbled and grateful to be recognised in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours.
"Although this award is to me, I couldn’t have done any of my work during the pandemic without the amazing research teams across Southampton, Dorset, Hampshire, South Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.
"And of course, nothing would have been possible without the public coming forward to take part in the vaccine trials that are still continuing today."