Jane Anderson (physician) explained

Jane Anderson (born 23 December 1952) is a British physician who specialises in the management of HIV/AIDS. She has served as an expert advisor for Public Health England and is Chair of the National AIDS Trust.

Early life and education

Anderson was born in Swindon, Wiltshire on 23 December 1952.^[1] She originally trained as a nutritionist at Queen Elizabeth College.^[2] In an interview with The BMJ Anderson revealed that as a teenager she had underperformed in her A-levels and had initially not secured a place at medical school. Eventually she was accepted as a mature student to St Mary's Hospital Medical School.^[3] She started work as a research assistant in a metabolic unit. Anderson started her professional career in the 1980s, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

Research and career

Anderson was a Visiting Fellow at King's Fund.^[4] She has dedicated her career to improving the long-term health outcomes of people living with HIV. In the early nineties Anderson joined Barts and The London, where she worked as a consultant physician, and held a joint position at Homerton University Hospital.^[5] Anderson serves as Director of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV.^[2] In 2005 she presented evidence before the government, arguing that long-stay visitors to the United Kingdom, undocumented people and those refused indefinite leave to remain should not be charged for HIV care.^[6]

Awards and honours

• 2012 Appointed Chair of the British HIV Association^[2]
• 2014 100 Leading Ladies^[13]
• 2015 Appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire^[14]
• 2016 Appointed Chair of the National AIDS Trust.

Select publications

• Recommendations for defining preventable HIV-related mortality for public health monitoring in the era of Getting to Zero: an expert consensus. Croxford SE, Martin V, Lucas SB, Miller RF, Post FA, Anderson J, Apea VJ, Asboe D, Brough G, Chadwick DR, Collins S. The Lancet HIV. 2023 Jan . retrieved 8th February 2023
• Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV. Lazarus JV, Safreed-Harmon K, Kamarulzaman A, Anderson J, Leite RB, Behrens G, Bekker LG, Bhagani S, Brown D, Brown G, Buchbinder S. Nature communications. 2021 Jul 16;12(1):4450. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
• 4.Web site: Treatment of HIV-1 infected adults with antiretroviral therapy (2008). 2020-11-20. www.bhiva.org.
• May. Margaret T.. Gompels. Mark. Delpech. Valerie. Porter. Kholoud. Orkin. Chloe. Kegg. Stephen. Hay. Phillip. Johnson. Margaret. Palfreeman. Adrian. Gilson. Richard. Chadwick. David. 2014-05-15. Impact on life expectancy of HIV-1 positive individuals of CD4+ cell count and viral load response to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 28. 8. 1193–1202. 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000243. 0269-9370. 4004637. 24556869.
• Peltzer. Karl. Friend-du Preez. Natalie. Ramlagan. Shandir. Anderson. Jane. 2010-03-05. Antiretroviral treatment adherence among HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health. en. 10. 1. 111. 10.1186/1471-2458-10-111. 1471-2458. 2837855. 20205721 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anderson, Prof. Jane . WHO'S WHO 2022 . 30 December 2022.
2. Web site: Coleman. Jasmine. Meet the Hackney doctor keeping HIV in public eye. 2020-11-20. Hackney Gazette. en.
3. Group. British Medical Journal Publishing. 2017-08-02. Jane Anderson: HIV and human rights. BMJ. en. 358. j3667. 10.1136/bmj.j3667. 0959-8138. 28768615. 5268806.
4. Web site: Jane Anderson. 2020-11-20. The King's Fund. en.
5. Web site: Steering group SWIFT. 2020-11-21. www.swift-women.co.uk.
6. Web site: House of Commons - Health - Written Evidence. 2020-11-21. publications.parliament.uk.
7. Web site: Jane Anderson - Public health matters. 2020-11-20. publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk.
8. Web site: Our patrons – Sophia Forum. 2020-11-20. en-US.
9. Web site: Who we are. 2020-11-20. The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. en-GB.
10. Web site: Bartholomew. Emma. AIDS expert Jane Anderson joins national HIV board. 2020-11-20. Hackney Gazette. en.
11. Web site: Jane Anderson Infected Blood Inquiry. 2020-11-20. www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk.
12. Web site: Professor Jane Anderson . 2023-02-08 . Fast-Track Cities London . en.
13. Web site: Complete List 100 Leading Ladies. 2020-11-20. www.100leadingladies.com.
14. Web site: 2015-06-12. Queen's birthday honours list 2015: GCB, DBE and CBE. 2020-11-20. the Guardian. en.