Consultant Public Health Physician – Medical Epidemiologist
MA (Oxon) MBBS MSc PhD DMCC DTM&H FFPHM
London/Nationwide including Scotland and Ireland
Clear, incisive reports from a highly experienced Expert Witness.
Expert in infectious diseases, healthcare associated infection, travel health, tropical medicine, immunisations and vaccinations (including COVID-19 immunisations).
I am a UK-trained Consultant Public Health Physician and Medical Epidemiologist with a very strong scientific base, and with 70+ peer-reviewed research publications. I am the recipient of numerous scientific awards and prizes.
In March 2023 I was appointed as independent scientific adviser to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. In October 2024 I was appointed as independent epidemiology adviser to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.
Diseases in which I am expert include:
Actinomycosis, AIDS, amoebiasis, aspergillosis, bedbugs, borreliosis, botulism, brucellosis, Campylobacter, candidiasis, cellulitis, chikungunya, cholera, chlamydia, Clostridium difficile, cockroaches, coronavirus infection, COVID-19, cryptococcosis, cryptosporidiosis, cyclosporiasis, dengue fever, diphtheria, dysentery, encephalitis, Escherichia coli, flea bites, filariasis, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, giardiasis, gonorrhoea, hand foot and mouth disease, Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis, herpes, HFMD, HIV disease, hospital-acquired infection, hydatid disease, infectious mononucleosis, influenza, infestations, legionellosis, Legionnaire’s disease, leishmaniasis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, Lyme disease, malaria, measles, meningitis, MRSA, mumps, myiasis, necrotising fasciitis, norovirus, osteomyelitis, paratyphoid fever, pertussis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, Pseudomonas, Q fever, rabies, reactive arthritis, Reiter’s disease, Salmonella, salmonellosis, scabies, schistosomiasis, scombroid, sepsis, septic arthritis, Shigella, shigellosis, shingles, staphylococcal infection, Staphylococcus, Strongyloides, strongyloidiasis, swine flu, syphilis, TB, tetanus, travellers' diarrhoea, trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, Varicella, venomous spider bites, worms, yersiniosis.
Oxford University; Guy's Hospital, London; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Life Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine; Fellow of Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London; on the specialist register of the General Medical Council, London