- John Grange
Professor John Grange (born
4 April 1943 atEast Dereham ,Norfolk ) is an English;immunologist ,epidemiologist ,researcher , andacademic , and is one of Europe's leadingtuberculosis specialists.Education
Grange was educated at
Gresham's School ,Holt, Norfolk , and then from 1962 to 1967 at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School of theUniversity of London .Career
After qualification as a physician, Grange joined the Research Department at the Middlesex Hospital, where he studied the genus "Mycobacterium" and the diseases it causes in humans and other animals. This followed a stay in
Zaire to study theBuruli ulcer . His doctoralthesis was on the classification of certain rapidly growingmycobacteria and led to research on the development ofbacteriophage typing of mycobacteria forepidemiology . Next he was appointed Reader inMicrobiology at theNational Heart and Lung Institute , where his interests turned to theimmunology andepidemiology oftuberculosis . From there he became assistant lecturer (1969-1970) at the "Bland Sutton Institute of Pathology" of "Middlesex Hospital Medical School",University of London and then lecturer in the same school's "Department of Microbiology" from 1971 to 1976.From 1976 to 2000, Grange was Reader in Clinical Microbiology at the
Imperial College School of Medicine and honorary consultant Microbiologist to the Royal Brompton NHS Trust.Between 1978 and 1995, he undertook a series of visits to
Indonesia to pursue research into theimmunology andepidemiology oftuberculosis .From 1985 to 1995, he was an honorary research fellow at "King's College Hospital Medical School". After retirement from ICL he became a Visiting Professor at the
University College London "Centre for Infectious Disease and International Health".In recent years, Grange's interests have turned to the causes of the world
tuberculosis pandemic - poverty, inequity and injustice. He retired early fromImperial College London and to work for the British charity "TB Alert", the "Consultation on Health" of theWorld Council of Churches and theInternational Society for Human Values .Career Related Activities
* Member of the "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease"
* Founder member of the "European Society for Mycobacteriology"
* Founder, "TB Alert", 1998
* Trustee, "TB Alert", 1998-2000
* Member, Scientific Advisory Board of "TB Alert", 2001 to date
* President, "TB Focus" since 2000
* Editor of "Tubercle", 1990-1992
* Associate Editor of "Tubercle and Lung Disease", 1992-1997
* Associate Editor of "International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease" 1997-1999
* Member of editorial board of "Journal of Applied Bacteriology" 1985-1990.Degrees
1967 - Bachelor of Medicine (London) 1967 - Bachelor of Surgery (London) 1974 - Doctor of Medicine (London) 1981 - Master of Science, Immunology (London)
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