Roy M. Anderson
Sir Roy Anderson | |
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| Born | Roy Malcolm Anderson 12 April 1947 Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Richard Hale School |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control |
| Spouse |
Janet Meyrick (m. 2014) |
| Awards | Chalmers Medal (1988) Weldon Memorial Prize (1989) Croonian Lecture (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology Biomathematics |
| Institutions | Imperial College London King's College London University of Oxford Ministry of Defence |
| Thesis | A quantitative ecological study of the helminth parasites of the bream Abramis brama (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Murdie |
| Doctoral students | Sunetra Gupta Angela Mclean |
| Website | www |
Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson FRS FMedSci MAE (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. 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. 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.