Prof David Heymann CBE (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at LSHTM, and chair, WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards, advising the Emergencies Programme on the COVID-19 response)
In 1976, after spending two years working in India on smallpox eradication, Prof Heymann was a member of the CDC (Atlanta) team to investigate the first Ebola outbreak in DRC. He remained in sub-Saharan Africa for 13 years in various field research positions on Ebola, monkeypox, Lassa Fever, malaria and other tropical diseases. From 1989 – 2009 he held various leadership positions in infectious diseases at WHO. In 2003 he headed the WHO global response to SARS as Executive Director of Communicable Diseases. He has published over 250 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, is editor of the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, and is an elected member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine.
He will explain briefly about some of his recent work, and then answer your questions – when you register, please remember to send them to us!
Watch a recording of the event here.