Peter Openshaw (immunologist)

Peter John Morland Openshaw, CBE, FRCP, FMedSci (born 11 November 1954) is a British immunologist and scientist specialising in lung immunology, particularly defence against viral infections. He trained in lung diseases and undertook a PhD in immunology before establishing a laboratory at St Mary's Hospital Medical School (later part of Imperial College London). He created the academic department of Respiratory Medicine and the Centre for Respiratory Infection at Imperial College and was elected President of the British Society for Immunology in 2014.