Jeremy Farrar

Sir Jeremy James Farrar is a British biologist and medical researcher who served as Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as Director of the Wellcome Trust from 2013 to 2023, where he oversaw major growth in the foundation's endowment and spending and helped establish CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. He is best known for his research on infectious diseases including avian influenza, dengue, typhoid, and tuberculosis, built largely during his 17 years leading the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam.