Mae’rAthro Awen Gallimore, sy’n imiwnolegydd yn Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd, yn aelod o Gonsortiwm Imiwnoleg COVID-19 a ariennir gan UKRI sy’n gweithio i ddeall sut mae’r system imiwnedd yn ymateb yn ystod COVID-19. Mae ei gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar ddeall patholeg y clefyd; canfod y cleifion sydd fwyaf mewn perygl o gael clefyd difrifol; helpu meddygon i benderfynu ar driniaethau; datblygu brechlynnau’n gyflym; a thriniaethau newydd ar gyfer COVID-19 difrifol.
Professor Awen Gallimore, an immunologist at Cardiff University’s School of Medicine, is a member of a UKRI-funded COVID-19 Immunology Consortium working to understand how the immune system responds during COVID-19. Her work is focussed on understanding the pathology of the disease; identifying patients most at risk from severe disease; assisting doctors in deciding treatments; the rapid development of vaccines; and novel treatments for severe COVID-19.