BSAC Spring
Conference & AGM

15-16 May 2025, ICC Birmingham UK

Professor Jimmy Whitworth

Jimmy Whitworth studies ways to improve epidemic responses, in developing countries, in the UK and globally. He is deputy director and academic lead for the UK Public health Rapid Support Team. His recent work has been focused on ebola in west Africa, but has widened to cover other epidemics such as zika and yellow fever, stimulating and guiding research activity, and in rebuilding health system capacity, surveillance and response.

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