Dr Sandra Phillips is currently a Senior Scientist in the Liver Immunology group led by Dr Shilpa Chokshi at the Institute of Hepatology, and an honorary Lecturer at King’s College London. She received her PhD in Hepatology from University College London in 2011. Her research focuses on understanding the host-virus interactions associated with the pathogenesis of Hepatitis B infection (HBV) to identify new immune and molecular therapeutic strategies for chronic HBV and liver disease. Her projects involve the use of in-vitro and ex-vivo human liver models of HBV infection at containment level 3. She is also involved in the immune monitoring of national and international clinical trials for HBV.