Roy M. Anderson

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Sir Roy Anderson
FRS FMedSci MAE
Born
Roy Malcolm Anderson

(1947-04-12) 12 April 1947 (age 77)[6]
Hertfordshire,[7] England, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationRichard Hale School
Alma materImperial College London (BSc, PhD)
Known forInfectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Spouse
Janet Meyrick
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(m. 2014)​
[2]
AwardsChalmers Medal (1988)
Weldon Memorial Prize (1989)
Croonian Lecture (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
Biomathematics[1]
InstitutionsImperial College London
King's College London
University of Oxford
Ministry of Defence[2]
ThesisA quantitative ecological study of the helminth parasites of the bream Abramis brama (1971)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Murdie[3][4]
Doctoral studentsSunetra Gupta[4]
Angela Mclean[5]
Websitewww.imperial.ac.uk/people/roy.anderson Edit this at Wikidata

Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson FRS FMedSci MAE[8] (born 12 April 1947) is a leading international authority on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases. He is the author, with Robert May, of the most highly cited book in this field, entitled Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control.[9][10] His early work was on the population ecology of infectious agents before focusing on the epidemiology and control of human infections. His published research includes studies of the major viral, bacterial and parasitic infections of humans, wildlife and livestock.[11][12][13] This has included major studies on HIV, SARS, foot and mouth disease, bovine tuberculosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), influenza A, antibiotic resistant bacteria, the neglected tropical diseases and most recently COVID-19. Anderson is the author of over 650 peer-reviewed scientific articles with an h-index of 125.[1]

  1. ^ a b Roy M. Anderson publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Anon (2012). "Anderson, Prof. Sir Roy (Malcolm)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u249736. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "George Murdie Obituary" (PDF). Imperial College London Reporter (197). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b Roy M. Anderson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ McLean, Angela Ruth (1987). Mathematical models of the epidemiology of measles in developing countries (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/47259. OCLC 1001138698. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.717180. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  6. ^ Curriculum Vitae (PDF). Imperial College London. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  7. ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference frs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Roy M. Anderson publications from Europe PubMed Central
  10. ^ www.imperial.ac.uk/people/roy.anderson Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ Freeview Video 'The Epidemic of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in the UK, Roy Anderson — a Royal Institution Discourse by the Vega Science Trust
  12. ^ EPSRC biography
  13. ^ Telegraph — Honours for those who 'work and serve at the sharp end'