Speaker: Dr Michael Marks
Associate Professor, Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, LSHTM / Hon Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital
Dr Marks trained at UCL and undertook medical training across London. He was appointed NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and then Wellcome Trust PhD fellow, living and working in the Solomon Islands. After completing clinical training as NIHR Clinical Lecturer, and continuing research in Pacific and Africa, he took up his current positions in 2019 / 21.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has disproportionately affected ethnic minority groups in the UK and many other countries. Data from Public Health England indicated the UK Jewish population has also been adversely affected by the pandemic. In this talk Dr Marks will discuss initial findings from a study of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK Strictly Orthodox Jewish population which indicate this population has been particularly heavily affected.