She studied Molecular Biology and Physiology at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, before completing MSc in Genetics and DPhil in Immunology at the University of Oxford. Anita leads the Vaccine Formulation and Adjuvants Group, with a focus on exploring immune mechanisms of vaccines and adjuvants, and developing novel vaccine formulations and delivery modalities. Her research interest is in understanding the processes that underpin the immune response to vaccination, in particular the interplay between innate and adaptive immunity.
This is studied through modulating the context (i.e. vaccine platform) and the kinetics of vaccine antigen delivery, employing a combination of in vitro and in vivo animal model systems and human in vitro and ex vivo studies.