Career and research Roy M. Anderson
1 career , research
1.1 foot , mouth
1.2 chief scientific advisor
1.3 rector of imperial college
1.4 selected publications
1.5 honours , awards
career , research
in 1993 anderson moved university of oxford head of zoology department , held linacre chair of zoology @ merton college until 2000. during time served director, wellcome centre epidemiology of infectious disease.
anderson author of on 450 scientific articles , has sat on numerous government , international agency committees advising on public health , disease control including world health organisation , unaids. 1991–2000, governor of wellcome trust.
foot , mouth
anderson 1 of prominent scientists advised uk government on handling of foot , mouth control policy in 2001.
chief scientific advisor
he chief scientific advisor uk ministry of defence october 2004 september 2007. after that, returned chair in infectious disease epidemiology @ department of infectious disease epidemiology @ imperial college london.
rector of imperial college
anderson succeeded richard sykes 14th rector of imperial college on 1 july 2008. in role expressed desire raise tuition fees , privatise top uk universities within 10–20 years. tendered resignation in november 2009 stating have decided step down rector want return primary concern, deep , abiding research interest global health.
selected publications
honours , awards
anderson elected fellow of royal society (frs) in 1986, , honorary fellow of royal statistical society in 2004. knighted in 2006 queen s birthday honours list.
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