Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Head of Faculty: Simon Croft
Faculty Administrator: Helen Edwards
Faculty Secretary: Arlene Heron
Faculty Administrative Assistant: Zoe Hope
Faculty Administrative Assistant: Lisa Schmidt
Taught Course Director: Graham Clark
Research Degrees Director: David Baker
Research Degrees Administrator: Helen White
Distance Learning Course Director: Sara Atkinson
Computing Officers: ITD Computing
Tel: +44 (0)20 7927 2637 Fax: +44 (0)20 7637 4314
The Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (ITD) was formed in August 1997 and encompasses all of the laboratory-based research in the School as well as that on the clinical and epidemiological aspects of infectious and tropical diseases. It is currently headed by Simon Croft, who is Professor of Parasitology. The Faculty is organised into four large research Departments. The range of disciplines represented in the Faculty is very broad and inter-disciplinary research is a feature of much of our activity. The spectrum of diseases studied is wide and there are major research groups working on topics which include:
* HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
* malaria and other vector borne diseases
* tuberculosis
* vaccine development and evaluation
* vector biology and disease control
There is close interaction between scientists in different research teams. The Faculty has strong overseas links which provide a basis for field studies and international collaborations in developed and developing countries. Funding for research in the Faculty comes from around 45 funding organizations and agencies. Major funders of research include the Faculty for International Development, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, GlaxoSmithKline and the Commission of European Communities.
