Christine Miller

bmj;383/oct10_11/p2322/FAF1faChristine Miller made a unique but often unrecognised contribution to public health through her work as a vaccine epidemiologist. She began her medical studies at Oxford University in 1940 and after qualifying in 1947 she worked in anaesthetics, general practice, and the Blood Transfusion Service, while at the same time bringing up three small children. Her career in epidemiology began in 1956 on the Medical Research Council’s BCG trial, subsequently progressing to a key coordinating role in the 1964 MRC trial of live and killed measles vaccine. She successfully followed up the original trial cohort for over two decades while working at the epidemiological research laboratory (ERL) of the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS). There she documented the sustained protection afforded by the live vaccine into adult life and was among the first to study the transfer of maternal antibodies from vaccinated mothers to their offspring. When in 1985 ERL…
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