Professor David Salisbury

Associate fellow

Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, London

Professor David Salisbury was Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, London, until 2014; he was responsible for the national immunisation programme.

Professor Salisbury continues to work extensively with the World Health Organization on the Global Programme for Vaccines.  He was the Chair of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Vaccines from 2005 to 2010. He is Chair of the Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication and Chair of the Board of the Jenner Vaccine Foundation. 

Professor Salisbury was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, 2001, for his services to immunisation. He is an Associate Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London.

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