Dr. Mark Eccleston Turner

Biography

Mark Eccleston-Turner is a Reader in Global Health Law at King's College London. He specializes in the intersection of infectious diseases and international law, focusing particularly on the laws governing international organizations, pathogen sharing, and equitable access to vaccines during pandemics. Mark has provided advisory services to the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development and has been a member of the UK Parliament COVID-19 Outbreak Expert Database. He has appeared as a witness before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and contributed evidence to the Joint Committee on National Security. Mark's academic roles have included visiting positions at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva and at Georgetown University School of Law, while also serving as a Biosecurity Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security. He has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and frequently engages with both national and international media on topics related to international law and infectious diseases. His research interests include international law concerning infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness, and equitable access to vaccines, and he actively supervises PhD students in these areas. Throughout his career, Mark has published extensively on issues of pandemic vaccine access and procurement in developing countries, advocating for models that ensure equitable access.

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