Jane Anderson (born 23 December 1952) is a British physician who specialises in the

management of HIV/AIDS The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs as a strategy to control HIV infection. There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle. The use of mu ...

. She has served as an expert advisor for

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and is Chair of the National AIDS Trust.

Early life and education

Anderson was born in

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on 23 December 1952. She originally trained as a

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. In an interview with

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Anderson revealed that as a teenager she had underperformed in her

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s and had initially not secured a place at medical school. Eventually she was accepted as a mature student to

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. She started work as a research assistant in a metabolic unit. Anderson started her professional career in the 1980s, in the early days of the

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Research and career

Anderson was a Visiting Fellow at

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. She has dedicated her career to improving the long-term health outcomes of people living with

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. In the early nineties Anderson joined Barts and The London, where she worked as a consultant physician, and held a joint position at Homerton University Hospital. Anderson serves as Director of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV. In 2005 she presented evidence before the government, arguing that long-stay visitors to the United Kingdom, undocumented people and those refused indefinite leave to remain should not be charged for HIV care. Anderson has held various senior public health positions in the United Kingdom, including leading the

HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Wellbeing Directorate from 2013 to 2016. In 2021 she was elected Master of the

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. In 2016 Anderson was made Chair of the National AIDS Trust. Anderson has served as the co-chair of the London Fast Track Cities Initiative since 2018. In 2023 she was appointed Chair of the charity

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Personal life

She is married to the TV/Radio presenter, author, comedian and former barrister

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; they have three children.

Awards and honours

* 2012 Appointed Chair of the

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* 2014 100 Leading Ladies * 2015 Appointed Commander,

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* 2016 Appointed Chair of the National AIDS Trust.

Select publications

Recommendations for defining preventable HIV-related mortality for public health monitoring in the era of Getting to Zero: an expert consensus
Croxford SE, Martin V, Lucas SB, Miller RF, Post FA, Anderson J, Apea VJ, Asboe D, Brough G, Chadwick DR, Collins S. The Lancet HIV. 2023 Jan . retrieved 8th February 2023
Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV.
Lazarus JV, Safreed-Harmon K, Kamarulzaman A, Anderson J, Leite RB, Behrens G, Bekker LG, Bhagani S, Brown D, Brown G, Buchbinder S. Nature communications. 2021 Jul 16;12(1):4450. Retrieved 8 February 2023. *4. * *

References

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