Notable alumni of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

malariologist · b. 1965

Ethiopian and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization

James Lovelock

mythographer · 1919–2022

English scientist (1919–2022)

Anders Tegnell

epidemiologist · b. 1956

Swedish physician and civil servant

Pamela Rendi-Wagner

women's rights activist · b. 1971

Austrian physician and politician (born 1971)

American infectious disease epidemiologist (1977-)

Fernando Simón

epidemiologist · b. 1963

Spanish epidemiologist (born 1963)

Edward Omane Boamah

minister · 1974–2025

Ghanaian politician (1974–2025)

Stella Nyanzi

anthropologist · b. 1974

Ugandan medical anthropologist, human rights defender, social justice activist, politician, poet and Facebooker

Betta Chimaobim Edu

politician · b. 1986

Nigerian doctor and politician

Carissa Etienne

physician · 1952–2023

Caribbean physician

Dossibai Patell

physician · 1881–1960

Indian physician (1881-1960)

epidemiologist

Tanzanian health administrator

Bruce Aylward

epidemiologist · b. 2000

Canadian physician, epidemiologist, Senior Advisor to the Director-General, WHO

researcher

Gilbert Bukenya

public health scientist · b. 1949

Ugandan politician and physician

Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti

regional manager

Motswana physician, WHO Regional Director for Africa

Boghuma Kabisen Titanji

scientist

clinical researcher

Adel Mahmoud

university teacher · 1941–2018

American doctor

Vanessa Kerry

physician · b. 1976

American doctor

Ghanaian physician (1916-1984)

Ghanaian academic and a physician

Sudanese parasitologist

Jamaican physician (1893-1992)

Spanish physician, epidemiologist, and researcher

Nigerian social justice activist

Ugandan physician; member of the Bugandan royal family

Nigerian family physician and public health specialist

Mozambican politician

Sarah Cleaveland

veterinary epidemiologist · b. 2000

British veterinary surgeon and epidemiologist

Canadian biochemist and microbiologist (b. 1904, d. 1986)

William Collins

rugby union player · 1853–1934

Indian-New Zealand physician, sportsman and politician (1853-1934)

Nigeria-born nurse and entrepreneur

William Porter MacArthur

consultant · 1884–1964

British general, physician, educator, historian, writer, editor and Royal Physician

Microbiologist

Cesar Victora

epidemiologist · b. 1952

researcher

Ghanaian public health figure (b. 1948, d. 2016)

Ethiopian physician and educator (1938–2018)

Epidemiology researcher in Guinea-Bissau

Ghanaian academic and physician (1930–1996)

Patricia Kingori

sociologist

Kenyan born British African sociologist

Indian sociologist

Filipino parasitologist (1895–1945)

Müge Çevik

academic · b. 2000

Turkish researcher

Julie Fitzpatrick

veterinarian

Scottish scientist and academic

German infectiologist

British epidemiologist

John Ashton

physician · b. 1947

British public health director

South African scientist

British physician and academic

British epidemiologist

Karina Rando

politician · b. 1901

Uruguayan anesthesiologist and politician

Kemi DaSilva-Ibru

consultant

Nigerian physician/Founder of WARIF