Hamish Ogston’s Health Advisor, Professor David Warrell, has been Knighted

Hamish Ogston’s Health Advisor, Professor Sir David Warrell, has been appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to global health research and clinical practice, in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022.

Professor Sir David Warrell has long been regarded as a world leader in tropical medicine and his career has taken him around the world, working as a physician, teacher and researcher in many African, Asian and South American countries. He has simultaneously enjoyed a distinguished academic career, producing more than 400 research papers, articles and textbook chapters on infectious and tropical diseases, respiratory diseases, venomous animals, envenoming, and plant and chemical poisoning, alongside being consultant  to several organisations including the World Health Organisation,  the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the British Army, and establishing the Wellcome Tropical Medicine Research Programme in Thailand and  the Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Network.

Sir David’s counsel and connections have proven invaluable to Hamish Ogston in establishing and developing health-oriented initiatives.

Hamish Ogston commented: “I am delighted to congratulate David on his Knighthood (KCMG).  He has made an immense contribution to medical science and clinical medicine. I have benefitted enormously from his knowledge and experience as well as his selfless endeavour by giving so much of his time.”