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Professor of Global Child Health at Imperial College London and Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at St. Mary's Hospital in London. He divides his time between London and Cape Town, where he has worked extensively on the clinical care of children with complex infectious diseases, with a major research focus on tuberculosis in children. After studying medicine at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he undertook his paediatric training in the UK and Australia. His career has included clinical academia and service as an infantry officer in the British Army, as well as work with Médecins Sans Frontières in Côte d'Ivoire. He completed a PhD in Cape Town, focusing on drug-resistant tuberculosis in children, and has attained diplomas in Tropical Medicine and Paediatric Infectious Diseases. In 2017, he spent six months at Harvard University on a Fulbright Scholarship, evaluating strategies to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis in children. From 2018 to 2022, he held an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship to evaluate the correlates of risk for children exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
St. Mary's Hospital • London, UK
Consultant in paediatric infectious diseases, managing care for children with complex infectious diseases.
Imperial College London • London, UK
Professor of Global Child Health, focusing on research and education in paediatric infectious diseases.
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