Dr Uta Hill is a respiratory consultant in the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection contributing to the Cystic Fibrosis service and the Lung Defence and Immunology services.

Her areas of expertise include cystic fibrosis medicine, aspergillus-related lung disease, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic pseudomonal infection and medical education.

She is the Deputy Foundation Training Programme Director at Royal Papworth Hospital.

Specialist Clinical Interests

Cystic Fibrosis
Complex lung infections
Bronchiectasis
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Fungal disease
Immunodeficiency
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Research Interests

Neutrophil migration and function
Immune responses to vaccination
Immune responses in cystic fibrosis
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease in cystic fibrosis

Education and Training

2003 MB/BChirg    University of Cambridge
2003 PhD               University of Cambridge
2006 MRCP
2012 Fellow of Higher Education Academy
2014 CCST  Respiratory and General Internal Medicine

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies and university posts

Member, Royal College of Physicians
Member, British Thoracic Society

Recent and Important Publications

U. G. Hill, C. R. Sander, Advances in TB vaccinology,  Current Respiratory Reviews 2013.

U. G. Hill, R.A. Floto, C. S. Haworth. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease in cystic fibrosis. Royal Society of Medicine Journal 2012.

C. B. Stober, U. G. Lange, M. T. M. Roberts, A. Alcami, and J. M. Blackwell. Heterologous Priming-Boosting with DNA and modified vaccinia virus Ankara expressing tryparedoxin peroxidase promotes long-term memory against Leishmania major in susceptible BALB/c mice. Infection and Immunity 2007, 75:852-860.

C. B. Stober, U. G. Lange, M. T. M. Roberts, B. Gilmartin, B. Francis, C. Peacock, S. McCann and J. M.
Blackwell. From genome to vaccines for leishmaniasis: screening 100 novel vaccine candidates against murine Leishmania major infection. Vaccine 2006, 24:2602-16.

C. B. Stober, U. G. Lange, M. T. M. Roberts, A. Alcami and J. M. Blackwell. IL-10 from CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells determines vaccine efficacy in murine Leishmania major infection. Journal of Immunology 2005, 175:2517-24.

U. G. Lange, P. Mastroni, J. M. Blackwell and C. B. Stober. DNA-Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Primer-Booster vaccination biases towards T helper 1 responses and enhances protection against Leishmania major
infection in mice. Infection and Immunity 2004, 72:4924-8.