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Mark Woolhouse
Honorific Suffix:OBE FRSE FMedSci
Birth Place:Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Workplaces:University of Edinburgh
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Mark Edward John Woolhouse OBE FRSE FMedSci (born 1959) is professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the Usher Institute in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Early life and education

Mark Woolhouse was born in 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.[2] He holds a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Oxford (1980), a Master of Science degree in biological computation from the University of York (1981) and a doctor of philosophy degree in biology from the University of Canberra (1985).

Career

Woolhouse is professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the Usher Institute in the University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Woolhouse is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to the control of infectious diseases.[7]

COVID-19

In April 2020 Woolhouse was criticised after it emerged he had travelled to a second home[8] on the Island of Lismore hours before lockdown rules were announced. Despite public health advice for those not normally resident on islands to return home, Woolhouse angered residents and remained there for a number of months.[9]

On 19 September 2020, when the UK faced an introduction of "COVID marshals" and an increase in the number of reported cases of COVID-19 that some like Chris Whitty had termed a "second wave",[10] Woolhouse instead favoured a Swedish-style model and "learn to live with COVID."[11]

Personal life

He is married to Francisca Mutapi, a professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity. They have one daughter.[1]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2021/03/11/go-home-race-row-on-lismore/ Man cleared in ‘go home’ race row on Lismore
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWM-G46X Mark E J Woolhouse England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008.
  3. Web site: Mark Woolhouse. The University of Edinburgh. en. 21 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Mark Woolhouse Veterinary Vaccinology Network. www.vetvaccnet.ac.uk. 21 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Professor Mark Woolhouse The Academy of Medical Sciences. acmedsci.ac.uk. 21 March 2020.
  6. Book: Friend, Milton. Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-human Connection. 2006. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. 7. 9781411306646. en.
  7. Web site: Page 11 Supplement 56430, 31 December 2001 London Gazette The Gazette . www.thegazette.co.uk . 24 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Blackstock. Gordon. 2020-04-12. Scottish Govt coronavirus advisor slammed for moving to island holiday home. 2021-03-24. Daily Record. en.
  9. News: Holiday homeowners flout ban on travel to islands. en. 2021-03-24. 0140-0460. Marc. Horne. 13 April 2020. The Times.
  10. News: UK Covid-19 cases and deaths: how the UK is coping with a second wave . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919072614/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/19/uk-covid-cases-deaths-coronavirus-numbers-today/ . dead . 19 September 2020 . Telegraph Media Group Limited . 19 September 2020.
  11. News: Woolhouse . Mark . Lockdown failed. We must follow the Swedish model and learn to live with Covid . Telegraph Media Group Limited . 19 September 2020.