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Professor Christopher Whitty
Professor of International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Chair of National Expert Panel New & Emerging Infections

Professor Christopher Whitty trained in medicine and infectious diseases in Oxford, Edinburgh, London and Malawi. He has postgraduate training in epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - LSHTM), economics and medical law.

He is Professor of International Health at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease, LSHTM and Honorary Consultant Physician at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases and University College London. He is also Honorary Consultant Epidemiologist at the Malaria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency and Director of the Malaria Centre, LSHTM.

Professor Whitty is Chair of the Department of Health's National Expert Panel on New and Emerging Infections (NEPNEI). His research interests include epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in low-resource settings and imported infections.

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