Dr Jeremy Farrar of Wellcome Trust presented 2019 Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH

On June 19, 2019, Dr. Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome Trust, presented "Global Health in a Changing World,” the Barmes Global Health Lecture, at NIH.

• Recorded webcast: "Global Health in a Changing World" by Dr. Jeremy Farrar from NIH Videocasting
• About Dr. Jeremy Farrar from Wellcome Trust

About Dr Jeremy Farrar

A world-renowned clinical scientist and leading figure in the field of infectious disease, Dr. Jeremy Farrar has been Director of the Wellcome Trust since 2013. Wellcome is an independent foundation with a $33 billion investment portfolio that offers grants across biomedical science, population health, medical innovation, humanities and social science, and public engagement. It supports the work of over 14,000 researchers in about 100 countries.

Previously, for 18 years Farrar was Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, which is supported by Wellcome. His research interests were infectious diseases, tropical health and emerging infections.

Farrar recently received the 2019 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. View his acceptance speech [video]. He was named 12th in Fortune's list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2015. His other awards include the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to tropical medicine, as well as the Memorial Medal and the Ho Chi Minh City Medal by the Government of Vietnam. He is a Fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society.

About the Barmes Lecture

The David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture series honors the late David Edward Barmes, special expert for international health at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

Prior to joining NIDCR, Dr. Barmes, a public health dentist and epidemiologist by training, served in senior management positions related to oral health, health promotion, and noncommunicable diseases at the World Health Organization in Geneva. The lecture series was established by the NIDCR and Fogarty in 2001 to honor his lifelong dedication to research aimed at improving health for those in low-income countries.

Past Barmes Lectures

• Videocasts of all past Barmes Lectures (2001 - 2016) from the NIH Videocasting site.
• Dr. Paul Farmer: Humanitarian Paul Farmer discusses global health equity
  Jan / Feb 2017 Global Health Matters
• Dr. Agnes Binagwaho: Rwandan Minister of Health discusses country's health advances
  September / October 2015 Global Health Matters
• Bill Gates: Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH
  January / February 2014 Global Health Matters
• Sir Mark Walport: Genomics is transforming infectious disease studies
  January / February 2013 Global Health Matters
• Ambassador Eric Goosby: NIH research essential to global AIDS relief efforts
  January / February 2012 Global Health Matters
• Dr. Rajiv Shah: USAID's Shah says science key to global health gains
  January / February 2011 Global Health Matters
• Dr. Julio Frenk: Renewed global collaboration on health needed
  January / February 2010 Global Health Matters
• Dr. Harold Varmus: Health should be pillar of foreign policy
  November / December 2008 Global Health Matters

Updated August 6, 2019