Richard Tedder is an

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virologist Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, the ...

and

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...

, was head of the Department of Virology at the

University College London Medical School UCL Medical School is the medical school of University College London (UCL), a public research university in London, England. The school provides a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes and also has a medical ...

, and worked as virologist at Public Health England

Life

The youngest son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, Richard Tedder was born 1946 and educated at

Dauntsey's School Dauntsey's School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils aged 11–18 in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. T ...

Glenalmond College Glenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. T ...

, the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

and the

Middlesex Hospital Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England. First opened as the Middlesex Infirmary in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally clos ...

. He holds degrees in

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

and

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

; he has been a Medical Virologist since 1975.Professor Richard Tedder
at uclh.nhs.uk He was research assistant to Richard Harrison at the

London Hospital Medical School Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts or BL, is a medical school, medical and dental school in London, England. The school is part of Queen Mary University of London, a constituent college of the federal ...

, then worked with J. D. H. Slater at the

from 1973 to 1974 and with A. Grabham at

Kettering Kettering is a market town, market and industrial town, industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, England, Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north- ...

General Hospital for a year, before being appointed as assistant lecturer and honorary senior house orderly registrar in the School of Pathology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School (1975 to 1976). From 1977 to 1979 he was Wellcome Research Fellow at Middlesex in the Department of Medical Microbiology's virology section and a lecturer in the same department from 1980 to 1981. He was appointed a senior lecturer at

in 1981, head of the Division of Virology there in 1982, continuing to 1995, in 1991 being appointed a professor of medical virology. He became head of the Department of Virology in 1995. In 2001, Tedder wrote to Sir Brian Follett, who chaired 'The Royal Society Inquiry into Infectious Diseases in Livestock'; the Inquiry produced a report examining the scientific aspects of the

2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease on farms across most of the British countryside. Over 6 million cows and ...

, such as the efficacy of vaccinations and the way the virus spreads. Tedder wrote that "it came as something of a surprise" to him that Follett had not involved any virologists in his work. On

severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the sy ...

, or Sars, he said in 2003 "What Sars has done is rekindle the concept of the global village. Somebody's problem on a peninsula in South East Asia is Toronto's problem a few days later."
How the 'global village' faced Sars
', 2 May 2003, at bbc.co.uk Tedder's first published work was on

Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the '' hepatitis B virus'' (HBV) that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. It can cause both acute and chronic infection. Many people have no symptoms during an initial infection. ...

, with later work on the diagnostic development and treatment of

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the im ...

and

Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection period, people often have mild or no symptoms. Early symptoms can include ...

. He also has interests in chronic

viral infections A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach to and enter susceptible cells. Examples include the common cold, gastroenteritis, COVID-19, ...

of the

liver The liver is a major metabolic organ (anatomy), organ exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological Function (biology), functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of var ...

. He is a consultant virologist to the

National Blood Service NHS Blood and Transplant is an executive non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care. It was established on 1 October 2005 to take over the responsibilities of two separate NHS agencies: UK Transplan ...

and a member of several

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their o ...

Royal College of Pathologists The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) is a professional membership organisation. Its main function is the overseeing of postgraduate training, and its Fellowship Examination (FRCPath) is recognised as the standard assessment of fitness to p ...

and SHA working parties and groups in the fields of virology and

pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

Other appointments

*Honorary consultant, Department of Microbiological Reagents,

Public Health Laboratory Service In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

, Colindale, 1981- *Short-term external consultant, Global Project on AIDS, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, 1987- *Director of Virology Service, UCL Hospitals 1991 onwards *Honorary consultant microbiologist, North London Blood Transfusion Centre, Colindale, 1981 onwards *Department of Health Advisory Group on HepatitisAdvisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)
at dh.gov.uk *Consultant virologist to the National Blood Service, 1995 onwards *Head of Blood Borne Virus Unit at the Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, Colindale *Standing Advisory Committee on Transfusion Transmitted Infections *Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)

Membership of professional bodies

*Fellow of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians of London, commonly referred to simply as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of ph ...

*Fellow of the

, and Council Member *Society for General Microbiology *European Association for the Study of the Liver *European Rapid Viral Diagnosis Group

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tedder, Richard British virologists Living people British microbiologists People educated at Dauntsey's School Public Health England

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

Younger sons of barons 1946 births People educated at Glenalmond College