John Newton (epidemiologist)

Professor John Norman Newton (born 7 January 1959) FRCP FFPH FRSPH is a British epidemiologist and public health expert. He is the Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, and from 2020 coordinates the UK Government's COVID-19 testing programme.

John Newton
Born (1959-01-07) 7 January 1959
EducationShrewsbury School
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
King's College London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Education

He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Trinity College, Oxford (MA), King's College London (MBBS) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MSc).[1]

Career

Newton was an academic epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, and the founding Chief Executive of the charity UK Biobank. He also served as Director of Research at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital and at University Hospital Southampton. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology in the Centre for Epidemiology at the University of Manchester in 2004.[2]

In 2005 he led work for the UK Department of Health on a national public health information and intelligence strategy. He was appointed as Regional Director of Public Health for NHS South Central in 2007.[3]

Newton was appointed as Director of Health Improvement for Public Health England on 12 October 2012.[4]

In May 2020, he was announced as national coordinator of the UK Government's coronavirus testing programme.[5]

Other roles

Professor Newton chairs the World Health Organization's European Burden of Disease Network and led England's contribution to the Global Burden of Disease project, a study into the impacts of diseases on the world.

He is Vice President of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) [6] and a director of Health Data Insight CIC.[7] He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) and a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH).

References
  1. "Newton, Prof. John Norman, (born 7 Jan. 1959), Director of Health Improvement (formerly Chief Knowledge Officer), Public Health England, since 2013." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2019
  2. "Professor John Newton". International Festival of Public Health. University of Manchester.
  3. "Prof John Newton". E-cigarette Summit 2019. Royal Society.
  4. "Director of Health Improvement Professor John Newton". GOV.UK.
  5. "New chair of coronavirus 'test and trace' programme appointed". GOV.UK. Department of Health and Social Care. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. "About the Faculty of Public Health". Faculty of Public Health.
  7. "About Health Data Insight". Health Data Insight CIC.
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