ProfessorAzra Ghani

Professor Azra Ghani MBE FMedSci is Academic Director of Imperial Global Singapore and Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London and at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.

She has worked on a wide range of infectious diseases, including BSE and vCJD, sexually transmitted infections, SARS, COVID-19, influenza and malaria. She is currently a member of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) Scientific Advisory Committee and previously served on the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group and the Gavi Vaccine Investment Strategy Steering Committee. She is a Trustee for the Science Media Centre and was previously a Trustee for the international charity Malaria No More UK whose work she continues to support as a special advisor.

She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017, the Unilver Colworth Prize by the Microbiology Society in 2021 and appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.