Barbara Zipser's field of research is medicine from Antiquity to the late Middle Ages, mostly in Latin and Greek, with an emphasis on textual criticism, manuscript transmission, and vernacular Greek. From November 2019 onwards, she led a three year Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award between RHUL (History and Geology), Kew Gardens, Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Haifa University.

She is now leading a UKRI cross research council pilot project. The CoLeads are based at University of West London, Yerevan State Medical University, the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes Paris and the University of Bologna, and we are collaborating with the Armenian church and the Yerevan Matenadaran. The project includes Genomics, Classical Armenian medical manuscripts as well as Latin and Greek medicine.

UKRI grant:

•  £796,664.08, PI (2026-2028)

Large Wellcome Trust grants:

• £382,202, PI (2019-2022)
• £238,262, PI (2010-2016)
• £129,203, Co-I (2007-2010)
• £100,969, PI (2003-2006)

Media:

Dr Zipser appeared on the Raw TV documentary "The Child in the Box. Who killed Ursula Herrmann", the second best performing documentary of the year 2022 on Sky Germany. She conducts linguistic analysis of forensic materials for journalists, lawyers and a leading profiler.

HS3529 Medicine in the Ancient, Medieval and Islamic World (Special)

HS2229 Science from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (Survey)

HS2327 Explorers and Inventors in Classical and Late Antiqutiy (Special)