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Jane Anderson
Anderson in 2021
Born	(1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71) Swindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom
Alma mater	Queen Elizabeth College St Mary's Hospital Medical School
Spouse	Clive Anderson
Scientific career
Institutions	Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Homerton University Hospital

Jane Anderson CBE (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. She originally trained as a nutritionist at Queen Elizabeth College. 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. 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. 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. Anderson serves as Director of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV. 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."

Anderson has held various senior public health positions in the United Kingdom, including leading the Public Health England HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Wellbeing Directorate from 2013 to 2016. In 2021 she was elected Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. In 2016 Anderson was made Chair of the National AIDS Trust. Anderson has served as the co-chair of the London Fast Track Cities Initiative since 2018.

Awards and honours※

• 2012 Appointed Chair of the British HIV Association
• 2014 100 Leading Ladies
• 2015 Appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire
• 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."Treatment of HIV-1 infected adults with antiretroviral therapy (2008)". www.bhiva.org. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
• May, Margaret T.; Gompels, Mark; Delpech, Valerie; Porter, Kholoud; Orkin, Chloe; Kegg, Stephen; Hay, Phillip; Johnson, Margaret; Palfreeman, Adrian; Gilson, Richard; Chadwick, David (15 May 2014). "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. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000000243. ISSN 0269-9370. PMC 4004637. PMID 24556869.
• Peltzer, Karl; Friend-du Preez, Natalie; Ramlagan, Shandir; Anderson, Jane (5 March 2010). "Antiretroviral treatment adherence among HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". BMC Public Health. 10 (1): 111. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-111. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 2837855. PMID 20205721.

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