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Christopher Dye

b. 1956

British WHO official

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About Christopher Dye

Born 1956. Christopher Dye is a British epidemiologist.

Christopher Dye FRS, the Royal Society of Biology and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. He delivered the Inaugural George W. Comstock Tuberculosis Lecture at Johns Hopkins, the Inaugural Gilbert Omenn '61 Lecture in Science Policy at Princeton, the Southwood Memorial Lecture at Oxford and the last ever Snell Memorial Lecture at the British Thoracic Society.

Selected publications

World Health Organization (2013). Research for Universal Health Coverage. The World Health Report 2013.

Dye, C (2015). The Population Biology of Tuberculosis. Princeton University Press . Chinese edition 结核病种群生物学 published in 2017.

Dye, C (2024). Investing in Health and Wellbeing: When Prevention is Better than Cure. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed . Chinese edition published in 2026. Dye, C (2024). Snapshots of Science. My Take on Health, 1974-2024.

Further articles are listed by PubMed and Google Scholar. Science discussions and lectures have been broadcast by the BBC, Gresham College, YouTube, the British Academy, The Royal Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Medicine.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
University of York, University of Oxford
Employers
Gresham College
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Christopher Dye's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Christopher Dye?

British WHO official

When was Christopher Dye born?

Christopher Dye was born on 15 April 1956 in Belfast.

What is Christopher Dye's occupation?

Christopher Dye is an epidemiologist.

What nationality is Christopher Dye?

Christopher Dye is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Christopher Dye

· Wikidata: Q5112251

· DBpedia: Christopher Dye

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