About
The Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford dedicated to confronting the challenges of epidemic and pandemic infectious diseases.
Our mission is to discover, create, and enable practical and equitable solutions to infectious disease threats worldwide.
We work with academia, industry, and public health organisations across the world to create science-led innovations, accelerate understanding, and develop new diagnostics, treatments, vaccines and disease control tools.
Our strategy places people and partnerships at the heart of what we do, and we’re growing our network of partner organisations to share perspectives, resources, and expertise.
PSI in numbers
Who we are
Launched in 2022, PSI brings together researchers from across all four divisions of the University of Oxford: Medical Sciences; Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences; Social Sciences; and Humanities.
We have over 400 researchers, support staff and postgraduate students based at our site on Oxford’s Old Road Campus and at other institutes and centres across the University.
PSI is hosted by the Nuffield Department of Medicine, a world-leading medical research and teaching department at the University of Oxford.
New pandemic and vaccine research building
Works are underway for preparing PSI to move to a permanent home in a major new research facility on the Old Road Research Campus in Oxford.
The facility will be a hub for world-leading scientific talent, hosting scientists from the University’s long-established Jenner Institute, the Pandemic Sciences Institute, Oxford Vaccine Group, the Department of Paediatrics and the Nuffield Department of Medicine. It will form a cutting-edge research centre dedicated to both new vaccine design and development and clinical trials, as well as research on epidemiology, surveillance, social and behavioural sciences, policy and ethics.
The building design provides over 9,000 square metres of high-quality laboratory and office space over three floors and basement, as well as landscaped surroundings that will provide the campus with open amenity space where staff and students can eat, drink and socialise. The building is expected to be operational in early 2028.
Find out more about our building project on our news hub.
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