Jeremy Farrar
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 63 |
| Born | Singapore |
| Influenced by | Cheryll Tickle |
| Fields | Tropical medicine |
| Infection | |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |
| Job | Epidemiologist |
| Spouse | Christiane Dolecek |
| Awards | Order of Ho Chi Minh |
| Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | |
| Thesi | Analysis of combinatorial immunoglobin libraries from a myasthenia gravis patient |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| University of London | |
| UCL Medical School | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1961 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 468475 |
Jeremy Farrar Life story
Sir Jeremy James Farrar OBE FRCP FRS FMedSci is a British medical researcher who has served as chief scientist at the World Health Organization since 2023. He was previously the director of the Wellcome Trust from 2013 to 2023 and a professor of tropical medicine at the University of Oxford.
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Covid-19: Sage scientist Sir Jeremy Farrar steps down from role
A member of The Group of scientists advising the government on coronavirus has stepped down from The Role .
Sir Jeremy Farrar has been part of The Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) since the start of the pandemic.
He Said he had left at The End of October so he could focus on his work as director of medical charity the Wellcome Trust .
But in a statement, he warned The Crisis was " a long way from over".
Sir Jeremy also said Sage scientists had often had to work " under huge pressure" to provide " vital evidence, and independent, expert, transparent advice".
In his statement confirming he had left Sage, He Said : " The Covid-19 crisis is a long way from over, with the global situation deeply troubling.
" The High levels of transmission seen in the UK remain concerning, but I stepped down as a participant of Sage knowing ministers had been provided with most of The Key science advice needed over The Winter months. "
Sir Jeremy said his focus now had to be on Wellcome, adding: " This includes supporting the International Research effort to end the pandemic, ensuring The World is better prepared for inevitable future Infectious Disease threats, and making the case so the full potential of science is realised to inform and drive change against all the urgent health threats we face globally. "
He Said it had been " an honour to have joined The Hundreds of scientists who have contributed" and thanked Sir Patrick Vallance , the government's chief scientific adviser, and Chris Whitty , chief medical adviser, for their " outstanding leadership".
Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: " To lose a heavyweight figure like Sir Jeremy from Sage is a serious blow that reveals The Level of concern about the government's mishandling of the pandemic. "
Sir Jeremy expressed frustration with the government Last Year , writing in his book that he had considered resigning from Sage in September 2020 as cases were rising in part due to the newly-opened economy, and the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
He wrote in Spike: The Virus vs The People that he felt in summer 2020 that not enough had been done to plan for The Coming winter.
He also Until November 2020, saying: " The Absence of a decision is a decision in itself. "
A government Office for Science spokesperson said: " We can confirm that Sir Jeremy has stood down from the Covid Sage activation, and thank him for his contribution from the very start of the activation. Sage continues to provide government with independent expert scientific and technical advice. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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