The Pandemic Institute

From predicting to recovering, we provide a comprehensive response to emerging infections and pandemic threats

Established in 2021, The Pandemic Institute is a unique collaboration of academic, health and civic partners in Liverpool with extensive national and international collaborations. The Pandemic Institute builds on Liverpool’s work leading the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (since 2014) which was at the forefront of the UK research response to Ebola, Zika and Covid-19.

Launched with an initial donation of £10m in 2021, researchers from across The Pandemic Institute partnership now hold a research portfolio of £62M in philanthropic, commercial and UK government support, with a target of £100m by 2026.

The Pandemic Institute Scientific Meeting

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The Pandemic Institute will hold its Scientific Meeting on the 1^st and 2^nd October 2025, at the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Liverpool.

As well as providing an opportunity to showcase some of the collaborative funded work from across the partnership, the event will bring together key industry, funder and government collaborators to reflect on the priorities and landscape of each sector in pandemic preparedness and response.