28 Notable alumni of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London is 7008st in the world, 1st in North America, and 158st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Dossibai Patell
1881-1960 (aged 79)
physician
Dossibai Rustomji Cowasji Patell MBE, MRCP, later known as Dossibai Jehangir Ratenshaw Dadabhoy, was an Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist, who in 1910 became the first woman to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS).
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2. William Porter MacArthur
1884-1964 (aged 80)
editor
historian
university teacher
military officer
military physician
Lieutenant-General Sir William Porter MacArthur, KCB, DSO, OBE, FRCP, FRCPI was an Irish-born British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College from 1935 to 1938, and Director General Army Medical Services from 1938 to 1941. His specialism as a medical doctor was tropical medicine and he served as president of the Royal...
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3. Judith Glynn
epidemiologist
Judith Glynn is a Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She worked on the Karonga Prevention Study on HIV and Tuberculosis in Malawi. She is also a sculptor.
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4. Ashwin Vasan
physician
Ashwin Vasan is an American physician, epidemiologist, and health official. He served as the 44th commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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5. Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti
physician
Community health scholar
regional manager
Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti is a Motswana physician, public health specialist and medical administrator who served as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from February 2015 to February 2025.
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6. Sonia Y. Angell
Sonia Yris Angell is an American public health figure. She is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of the Practice of American Health in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Angell also maintains a clinical professorship of medicine in the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2020, after resigning as director of...
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7. Müge Çevik
2002-2008 (aged 6)
researcher
academic
university teacher
physician
Müge Çevik is a physician who is an infectious diseases researcher and science communicator at the University of St Andrews. Her research considers HIV, viral hepatitis, emerging infections and tropical infections in developing countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Çevik was an advisor to the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland and the World Health Organization, and is a member of New...
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8. Karina Rando
anesthesiologist
politician
Ana Evelyn Karina Rando Huluk is a Uruguayan anesthesiologist and politician of Open Cabildo, who served as Minister of Public Health of Uruguay from 13 March 2023 until 1 March 2025.
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9. Sarah Cleaveland
veterinary epidemiologist
epidemiologist
veterinarian
university teacher
Sarah Cleaveland is a British veterinary surgeon and Professor of Comparative Epidemiology at the University of Glasgow.
10. Andrew C. Hayward
1966-. (aged 60)
microbiologist
epidemiologist
Andrew C Hayward is professor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health research at University College London.
11. John Ashton
1948-2024 (aged 76)
actor
John Ashton CBE is a British doctor and academic. Ashton previously held positions at the University of Southampton, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool School of Medicine and as Regional Director of Public Health for North-West England for 13 years.
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12. Adel Mahmoud
1941-2018 (aged 77)
university teacher
physician
Adel K. Mahmoud was an Egyptian-born American doctor and expert in infectious diseases. He was credited with helping with the development of the Gardasil HPV vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine while serving as President of Merck Vaccines. Both the HPV and rotavirus vaccines were under development prior to Mahmoud joining Merck Vaccine Division; he assisted in ensuring that they remained...
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13. Vanessa Kerry
1976-. (aged 50)
physician
Vanessa Bradford Kerry is an American physician, public health expert, and advocate. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health, director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and serves as the Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO).
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14. Bruce Aylward
epidemiologist
physician
Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist. Since September 2017 he has been Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization. He is part of the implementation of the WHO's COVAX Facility. He has past experience in the areas of polio eradication, Zika virus, and Ebola.
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15. James Lovelock
1919-2022 (aged 103)
university teacher
environmentalist
chemist
futurist
mythographer
James Ephraim Lovelock was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
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16. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
1965-. (aged 61)
minister
microbiologist
malariologist
politician
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. Tedros played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox...
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17. Patricia Kingori
researcher
sociologist
Patricia Kingori is a British Kenyan sociologist who is a Wellcome Senior Investigator and Professor at the University of Oxford. Her research considers the experiences of frontline health workers around the world. She is particularly interested in misinformation and pseudoscience. In 2015, Kingori was included on the Powerlist.
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18. Anders Tegnell
1956-. (aged 70)
physician
civil servant
epidemiologist
Nils Anders Tegnell is a Swedish civil servant and physician specialising in infectious disease. From 2013 until his resignation in March 2022 he was Sweden's state epidemiologist.
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19. Fernando Simón
1963-. (aged 63)
epidemiologist
Fernando Simón Soria is a Spanish epidemiologist serving as Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health. He came to public prominence as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain in 2014, and a similar role during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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20. Pamela Rendi-Wagner
1971-. (aged 55)
chairman of the Social Democratic Party
civil servant
politician
physician
women's rights activist
Pamela Rendi-Wagner is an Austrian physician and politician who is the current director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and who previously served as chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) from 2018 to 2023. She was the first woman to lead the SPÖ.
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21. Carissa Etienne
1952-2023 (aged 71)
physician
Carissa Faustina Etienne was a Dominican public health expert. She served as the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and regional director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) (2018–2023). Up to her death, she was in her second five-year term as PAHO director, having been re-elected by the PAHO member states during the Pan American...
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22. Kevin Fenton
1966-. (aged 60)
epidemiologist
Kevin Andrew Fenton is a public health physician and infectious disease epidemiologist. He is the London regional director at Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, regional public health director at NHS London and the statutory health advisor to the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. He is the current president of the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health and holds honorary...
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23. Cesar Victora
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
epidemiologist
Cesar G. Victora is a Brazilian-born epidemiologist, academic and specialist in child health and nutrition. He is an Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas and holds or has held honorary appointments at the Universities of Harvard, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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24. Gilbert Bukenya
1949-. (aged 77)
businessperson
university teacher
minister
public health scientist
politician
Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya is a Ugandan politician and Physician who was the 7th vice president of Uganda from 23 May 2003 until 23 May 2011. He has represented the constituency of Busiro County North in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996. His autobiography, Intricate Corridors to Power, was published in 2008.
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25. Stella Nyanzi
1974-. (aged 52)
researcher
human rights defender
Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights advocate, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. In 2017, she was arrested for insulting the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.
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26. Max Price
1955-. (aged 71)
academic
Max Price served as the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, succeeding Njabulo Ndebele. He held this position for a decade, from 19 August 2008, until 30 June 2018.
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27. Betta Chimaobim Edu
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
physician
Betta Chimaobim Edu is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician. She served as national women leader of All Progressive Congress. She was Cross River State Commissioner for Health until her resignation in 2022. She was also National Chairman of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum.
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28. Fredros O Okumu
parasitologist
entomologist
Fredros Okumu is a Kenyan parasitologist and entomologist, who currently works as director of science at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. His primary research interests concern the interactions between humans and mosquitoes.
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