Kevin Fenton

Professor Kevin Fenton
CBE, FFPH
Prof Kevin Fenton CBE
Born (1966-12-19) 19 December 1966 (age 57)
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
University College London
Scientific career
InstitutionsHealth Protection Agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ThesisRace, ethnicity and the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (2005)

Kevin Andrew Fenton, CBE, FFPH (born 19 December 1966[1]) 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 honorary professorships with the University College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is the 2024/25 president of the British Science Association.[2]

He was formerly national director for health and wellbeing at Public Health England (2012-2017) and director of the United States National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005-2012).

  1. ^ "Kevin Fenton." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 87. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.
  2. ^ https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/professor-kevin-fenton-cbe-announced-as-president-elect-of-british-science-association