26 Notable alumni of
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London is 1701st in the world, 574th in Europe, and 105th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- In 1992 graduated with Master of Science in immunology
- Occupations
- international forum participantpoliticianmalariologistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017. Tedros is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. He played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak.
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Fernando Simón
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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Fernando Simón Soria is a Spanish epidemiologist serving as Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health. He came to public prominence as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain in 2014, and a similar role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Simón tested positive for coronavirus on 30 March 2020.
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James Lovelock
- Occupations
- mythographerfuturistenvironmentalistchemistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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James Ephraim Lovelock was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
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Pamela Rendi-Wagner
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servantchairman of the Social Democratic Partywomen's rights activistphysician
- Biography
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Pamela Rendi-Wagner is an Austrian physician, environmentalist, feminist, trade unionist and politician who served as chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) between November 2018 and June 2023. She was the first woman to lead the SPÖ.
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Anders Tegnell
- Occupations
- physicianepidemiologistcivil servant
- Biography
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Nils Anders Tegnell is a Swedish civil servant and physician specialising in infectious disease. From 2013 until his resignation in March 2022 he was Sweden's state epidemiologist.
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Vanessa Kerry
- Occupations
- international forum participantphysician
- Biography
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Vanessa Bradford Kerry is an American physician, public health expert, and advocate. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health, director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and serves as the Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Bruce Aylward
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- Graduated with diploma in tropical medicine
- Occupations
- physicianepidemiologist
- Biography
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Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist. Since September 2017 he has been Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization. He is part of the implementation of the WHO's COVAX Facility. He has past experience in the areas of polio eradication, Zika virus, and Ebola.
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John Ashton
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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John Ashton CBE is a British doctor and academic. Ashton previously held positions at the University of Southampton, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool School of Medicine and as Regional Director of Public Health for North-West England for 13 years.
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Stella Nyanzi
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- 2003-2009 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- human rights activistresearcher
- Biography
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Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights advocate, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. She was arrested in 2017 for insulting the Ugandan president. In January 2022, she was accepted to live in Germany on a writers-in-exile programme run by PEN Germany, with her three children.
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Kevin Fenton
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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Professor Kevin Andrew Fenton, CBE, FFPH is a Public Health Physician and Infectious Disease Epidemiologist. He is the London Regional Director at Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Regional Public Health Director at NHS London and the Statutory Health Advisor to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. He is the current President of the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health and holds Honourable Professorships with the University College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Max Price
- Occupations
- international forum participantacademic
- Biography
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Max Price is a former vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He succeeded Njabulo Ndebele and held this position for 10 years from 19 August 2008 until 30 June 2018.
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Adel Mahmoud
- Occupations
- physicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Adel K. Mahmoud was an Egyptian-born American doctor and expert in infectious diseases. He was credited with helping with the development of the Gardasil HPV vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine while serving as President of Merck Vaccines. Both the HPV and rotavirus vaccines were under development prior to Mahmoud joining Merck Vaccine Division; he assisted in ensuring that they remained a priority for Merck to continue development to commercial launch. After retiring from Merck he became a professor at Princeton University.
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Gilbert Bukenya
- Occupations
- politicianpublic health scientistuniversity teacherphysicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya is a Ugandan politician and physician who was the seventh vice president of Uganda from 23 May 2003 until 23 May 2011. He has represented the constituency of Busiro County North in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996. His autobiography, Intricate Corridors to Power, was published in 2008.
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Sonia Y. Angell
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Sonia Yris Angell is an American public health figure. She is an assistant clinical professor of medicine in the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2020, after resigning as director of the California Department of Public Health, Angell was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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Müge Çevik
- Born in
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Turkey - Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- 2009-2010 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- physicianresearcher
- Biography
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Müge Çevik is a physician who is an infectious diseases researcher and science communicator at the University of St Andrews. Her research considers HIV, viral hepatitis, emerging infections and tropical infections in developing countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Çevik was an advisor to the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland and the World Health Organization, and is a member of New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group - an expert committee of the UK Department of Health advising Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
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Matshidiso Moeti
- Born in
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South Africa - Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- Graduated with Master of Public Health in community health
- Occupations
- researcherphysicianregional manager
- Biography
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Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti is a physician, public health specialist and medical administrator from Botswana who has been serving as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, since 2015.
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Carissa Etienne
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- Graduated with Master of Medicine in community health
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Carissa Faustina Etienne was a Dominican public health expert. She served as the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) (2018–2023). Up to her death, she was in her second five-year term as PAHO director, having been re-elected by the PAHO member states during the Pan American Sanitary Conference in September 2017. In January 2018, she was named Regional Director for the Americas for WHO by its Executive Board based in Geneva. She was an advocate for universal health coverage.
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Cesar Victora
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- 1980-1983 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherepidemiologist
- Biography
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Cesar G. Victora is a Brazilian-born epidemiologist, academic and specialist in child health and nutrition. He is an Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas and holds honorary appointments at the Universities of Harvard, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins and formerly at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Dlawer Ala'Aldeen
- Occupations
- physicianmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Dlawer Ala'Aldeen, is the Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute, a policy-research institute, based in Arbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He is a former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Regional Government (2009–2012) and former professor of Medicine (Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Disease) at the University of Nottingham in the UK. His current focus is on policy research in the fields of good governance, rule of law, national security, governance reform and promotion of human rights.
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Patricia Kingori
- Born in
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Kenya - Occupations
- sociologistresearcher
- Biography
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Patricia Kingori is a British Kenyan sociologist who is a professor at the University of Oxford. Her research considers the experiences of frontline health workers around the world. She is particularly interested in misinformation and pseudoscience. In 2015, Kingori was included on the Powerlist.
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Sarah Cleaveland
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- veterinary epidemiologistepidemiologistuniversity teacherveterinarian
- Biography
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Sarah Cleaveland is a veterinary surgeon and Professor of Comparative Epidemiology at the University of Glasgow.
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Andrew C. Hayward
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- 1994-1996 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- epidemiologistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Andrew C Hayward MBBS, BSc, MSc, DTMH, MD, FPHM, is professor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health research at University College London.
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Dossibai Patell
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Dossibai Rustomji Cowasji Patell MBE, MRCP, later known as Dossibai Jehangir Ratenshaw Dadabhoy, was an Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist, who in 1910 became the first woman to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS).
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Fredros O Okumu
- Born in
- Kenya
- Occupations
- entomologistparasitologist
- Biography
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Fredros Okumu is a Kenyan parasitologist and entomologist, who currently works as director of science at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. His primary research interests concern the interactions between humans and mosquitoes.
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William Porter MacArthur
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianeditorconsultantwriter
- Biography
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Lieutenant-General Sir William Porter MacArthur was an Irish-born British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College from 1935 to 1938, and Director General Army Medical Services from 1938 to 1941. His specialism as a medical doctor was tropical medicine and he served as president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from 1959 to 1961.
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Judith Glynn
- Enrolled in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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Judith Glynn is a Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She worked on the Karonga Prevention Study on HIV and Tuberculosis in Malawi. She is also a sculptor.
