Anthony Harnden
Anthony Harnden
Career
Harnden has specific research interests in
In September 2020, Harnden won (along with co-authors) the
Other recognition
Some of Harnden's other titles or accomplishments include:[4]
- Governing Body Fellow of St Hugh's College
- Chair of the Adolescent sub-committee of the JCVI
- NICEQuality Standards Advisory Committee for Immunisation Uptake in the Under-19s
- National Clinical Champion for Child Health at the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Confidential Enquiry in Child Deaths
- Board Trustee at the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries
- Department of Health Pandemic Influenza Operational Advisory Group
COVID-19
Because "In order to prevent any perceived conflict of interest it was agreed that the JCVI Chair (Professor Andrew Pollard), who is involved in the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at Oxford, would recuse himself from all JCVI COVID-19 meetings",[5] JCVI Deputy Chair Harnden acts in his stead on these matters.
On 2 December 2020, he was interviewed by American news channel CNN for more than 15 minutes because of his status on the JCVI, and forecast that "Priority groups in the UK will get vaccine by Easter." He mentioned the "JCVI statement" on Covid vaccines.[6]
On 7 December 2020, he was interviewed on
In February 2021 while on air at BBC Radio 4 where he was explaining his aforementioned vaccine opinion, Harnden was in such demand that he was "repeatedly interrupted" by LBC producers.[8]
Personal life
Harnden is married with three grown-up children, the eldest of whom studied at
References
- ^ "Team - Anthony Harnden". University of Oxford. Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Professor Anthony Harnden MB ChB MSc FRCGP FRCPCH" (PDF). Nanjing Medical University. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Ig® Nobel Prize Winners". No. 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Improbable Research. 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Harnden appointed to the Governing Body of the General Medical Council". Oxford University. St Hugh's College. 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Harnden: Priority groups in the UK will get vaccine by Easter". Cable News Network. A Warner Media Company. 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Harnden: 'It is up to us to take the vaccine'". Sky News. 7 December 2020.
- ^ Lester, Daisy (27 February 2021). "'It's LBC, I told them not to ring': Vaccine expert repeatedly interrupted during radio interview by rival station". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.