Professor David Heymann CBE FMedSci

David Heymann is Chairman at the Health Protection Agency. He has made significant contributions to health protection against infectious disease at both national and international levels. At the global level Heymann has led the development of innovative operational procedures for countering emerging diseases such as Severe Adult Respiratory Syndrome –SARS - and Avian Influenza A or H5N1 as well as established endemic infectious problems such as the polio eradication programme. His work at the World Health Organisation has had a major impact on the protection of populations worldwide against many infectious diseases.