Anderson, Roy Malcolm, Sir, 1947 (epidemiologist and biomathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1947
Biography
Roy Anderson was awarded a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in zoology at Imperial College London followed by a PhD degree in parasitology in 1971. His career started at the Biomathematics Department at the University of Oxford as as IBM research fellow. In 1974 he was appointed to a Lectureship in Parasitology at King's College London in 1974. Then Roy moved back to Imperial as a lecturer in Ecology and then Professor of Parasite Ecology in 1982. He then became head of the Department of Biology from 1984 to 1993. While at Imperial College he also served as Director of the Wellcome Centre for Parasite Infections from 1989 to 1993. From there he moved to the University of Oxford where he was head of the Zoology department and held the Linacre Chair of Zoology at Merton College, Oxford until 2000. During this post in Oxford, he founded and served as Director of the Wellcome Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease. He established the London Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (LCNTDR) in 2013.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Posters for 1994 series titled The Changing World, 1994
A3 and A4 photocopies of poster showing the full programme for the lecture series. The speakers from this series are Shirley Williams, Roy Anderson, Helena Kennedy, Kay Davies, Crispin Tickell, Fred Halliday and Sara Parkin
Recordings of talk by Roy Anderson, 1994-01-21
Lecture given by Roy Anderson titled AIDS
The Changing World, 1994, 1992 - 1994
Shirley Williams: Europe; Roy Anderson: AIDS; Helena Kennedy: Human rights; Kay Davies: The genetic revolution; Crispin Tickell: The role of the United Nations; Fred Halliday: Religious 'fundamentalism' in contemporary politics; Desmond Tutu: Change in South Africa; Sara Parkin: Environmental security.