Jeremy Farrar

Jeremy Farrar is the Chief Scientist at the WHO. In that role he helps ensure WHO is committed to science and evidence and that innovation and high-quality health products, policies and services are available equitably to everyone, everywhere. Jeremy is a clinician scientist who before joining the WHO was between 2013-2023 Director of the Wellcome Trust. Between 1996-2013 he was Director of the Clinical Research Unit Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences UK, the National Academies USA, the European Molecular Biology Organization and a Fellow of The Royal Society. He was named 12th in the Fortune list of 50 World’s Greatest Leaders in 2015, included in the Politico’s Class of 2022 most influential people in Europe. He was awarded the Memorial Medal and Ho Chi Minh City Medal in Viet Nam and in 2018 the President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian of the Year. Jeremy was knighted in the Queen’s 2018 New Year Honours for services to Global Health and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun and Gold Ray Neck Ribbon in 2020 by the Japanese government for contributions to global health. In 2024 Jeremy was named in the Time100 list of 100 most influential leaders in health.