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Jonathan Friedland
FRCP FRCPE FRCPI FMedSci
Born
Jonathan Samuel Friedland

(1960-09-06) 6 September 1960 (age 63)[1]
London
Alma materCorpus Christi, University of Cambridge
King's College Hospital
AwardsWeber-Parkes Prize Medal, Royal College of Physicians, London 2005
Scientific career
FieldsInfectious Diseases
InstitutionsUniversity of London
Imperial College, University of London

Professor Jonathan Samuel Friedland[2] FRCP FRCPE FRCPI FMedSci is a British physician and medical researcher who is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Head of Infectious Diseases and Immunity at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London and Director (formerly Dean), Hammersmith campus, Imperial College London. In April 2018 he was appointed Deputy Principal (research and enterprise) and Professor of Infectious Diseases at St George's, University of London.[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Jonathan Friedland is the son of Albert and Rosalind Friedland. He was educated at St Paul's School, London before going on to study medicine at University of Cambridge and King's College Hospital.[4] He underwent junior training posts at Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and John Radcliffe Hospitalin Oxford. Friedland completed a Clinical Research Fellowship funded by the Medical Research Council at St George's, University of London.[5]

Career[edit]

Professor Friedland was appointed Senior Lecturer at Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Disease at the Hammersmith Hospital in 1994. In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Infectious Diseases and Head of Infectious Diseases and Immunity at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School later Imperial College London, becoming Director (formerly Dean), Hammersmith campus, Imperial College London in 2010.[6]

Professor Friedland has an active clinical practice as Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare (formerly Hammersmith Hospitals) NHS Trust, since 1994.[7]

Professor Friedland is a commissioner on the Commission on Human Medicines since 2014 and Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Infection, MHRA since 2015.[8] He was President of the British Infection Association, from 2007–09, and a Member of the Medical Research Council Clinical Training and Career Development Panel, 2009–13.[9] He served on the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (2005-13)[10], and the Chief Medical Officer’s National Expert Panel on New and Emerging Infections (2007-12).[11]

In April 2018 Friedland was appointed Deputy Principal (research and enterprise) and Professor of Infectious Diseases at St George's, University of London[12] and will take up the position in September 2018.

Research[edit]

Friedland’s research is focused on innate immune response, and particularly the role of matrix metalloproteinase’s, in the immunopathology of tuberculosis and the development of novel therapeutic approaches. He also has a longstanding research interest in migrant health as well as in new TB diagnostics. Friedland has published over 200 peer reviewed papers, invited editorials and reviews as well as 3 books.[13]

Awards[edit]

In 2005 his Research team won the Medical Futures Innovations Award for best overall innovation.[14] In 2005, Friedland was awarded the Royal College of Physicians Weber-Parkes Prize Medal for research in tuberculosis. He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2008[15] and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2010. In 2017, he was awarded an inaugural Fellowship of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.[16]

Personal Life[edit]

Friedland lives in London with his wife and their 2 children.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedland, Prof. Jonathan Samuel. Oxford University Press. 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Friedland, Prof. Jonathan Samuel. Oxford University Press. 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Jon Friedland to lead Research SGUL". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ Friedland, Prof. Jonathan Samuel. Oxford University Press. 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Jon Friedland to lead Research SGUL". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. ^ Friedland, Prof. Jonathan Samuel. Oxford University Press. 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Friedland, Prof. Jonathan Samuel. Oxford University Press. 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) Commissioners". UK Government. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Friedland curriculum vitae" (PDF). European Medicines Agency. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. ^ "NATIONAL EXPERT PANEL ON NEW AND EMERGING INFECTIONS" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  11. ^ "JOINT COMMITTEE ON VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Jon Friedland to lead Research SGUL". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Friedland c.urriculum vitae". Imperial College London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  14. ^ "New TB test scoops top prize at Medical Futures competition". Imperial College London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Professor Jonathan Friedland | The Academy of Medical Sciences". www.acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  16. ^ "ESCMID Fellows - honorary ESCMID title for members". European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


Category:Living people Category:1960 births Category:British immunologists Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Category:Alumini of St Paul’s School, London

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