Former learner at St Andrew’s School for Girls, Lara Hatchuel-Slater, class of 2000 and who now resides in Australia, is involved in a Covid-19 vaccine trial.
Lara completed her Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery at Wits University in 2007.
After working in a hospital environment for five years, Lara found her passion for clinical research.
She spent four years working for a research site in Johannesburg where she gained immense experience in conducting clinical trials.
During this time, Lara married and had two children.
In 2017, they made the decision to emigrate to Perth, Australia, where she was offered an opportunity to be the associate medical director at Linear Clinical Research (LCR), one of the global leaders and one of the best phase-one research units in Australia.
Lara has been heading up the medical team at LCR for almost three years now and has had the opportunity to be trialing novel and exciting interventions to be able to bring life-changing therapies to patients sooner.
“Regarding this vaccine trial, we will be trialing a novel vaccine in healthy volunteers initially. The intention is to stimulate the body’s immune system to mount a protective response against coronavirus,” Lara said.
“To be at the frontline of the fight against this global pandemic as a healthcare professional is an honour. It has been a lifetime dream to be part of such a worthy cause. I hope to nurture this medical breakthrough,” said Lara.
