Established in 2021, The Pandemic Institute (TPI) is a unique academic, health and civic partnership with a global mission to tackle emerging infections and future pandemic threats.
Investment Zone funding will help TPI build a new Pandemic Preparedness and Response Facility in Liverpool containing state-of-the-art research laboratories that will strengthen the UK’s infectious disease research and innovation capabilities. The new laboratories will accelerate the development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, and will be a national facility for use by members of the UK Pandemic Sciences Network.
Research infrastructure and capabilities to which TPI has access through its partner organisations include Containment Level III laboratories for in vitro, in vivo and mosquito work, an in-patient Human Challenge Facility with scope for studying high containment pathogens, and an outstanding Clinical Research Facility accredited for Phase I ‘first in human’ studies.
The Institute was born out of a unique collaboration between The University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, and Knowledge Quarter Liverpool.
That collaborative ethos, typical of the city region’s health and life sciences sector, has continued through TPI’s close working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and its extensive network of commercial partners and international collaborators.
Launched with an initial donation of £10m, TPI researchers are now supported by more than £36m from philanthropic, commercial and UK government sources. It has a target to raise £250m by 2026.
Beyond its research, TPI is already having a major impact on national and international health policy, plus creating jobs and supporting economic growth.
Contact – contact@thepandemicinstitute.org
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