Awards
- Hon. DSc University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, 2008
- Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to the United States of America National Nuclear Security Administration, 2007
- Knight Bachelor, Queens Birthday Honours List, 2006, 2006
- Ernst Chain Prize, Imperial College London, 2005
- Hon. Fellow Royal Agricultural Society, 2002
- The Nuffield Medal Lecture, The Royal Society of Medicine, 2002
- Hon. Fellow Institute of Actuaries, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 2000
- Distinguished Parasitologist Award, American Society for Parasitology, 1999
- Hon. Fellow Royal College of Pathologists, Royal College of Pathologists, 1999
- James McLaughlin Lecture Medal, University of Texas, 1999
- Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, American Society of Ecology, 1998
- Hon. DSc University of Stirling, University of Stirling, 1998
- Hon. DSc University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia, 1997
- Leiden Lecture Medal, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Rotterdam, 1995
- Thomas Francis Memorial Lecture Medal, University of Michigan, 1995
- Croonian Prize, Royal Society, 1994
- Joseph Smadel Medal, Infectious Disease Society of America, 1994
- Storer Lecture Medal, University of California, Davis, 1994
- Frink Medal for British Zoologists, The Zoological Society of London, 1993
- Hon. Fellow Linacre College, Linacre College, Oxford, 1993
- Hon. Member British Society for Parasitology, British Society for Parasitology, 1993
- Hon. Member Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians, 1991
- John Hull Grundy Lecture Medal, 1990
- Weldon Memorial Prize for Biomathematics, University of Oxford, 1989
- Chalmers Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1988
- David Starr Jordan Prize and Medal, Universities of Stanford, Cornell and Indiana, 1987
- C.A. Wright Memorial Medal, British Society for Parasitology, 1986
- Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London, 1982
- Huxley Memorial Medal, Imperial College London, 1981
External Positions
- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Global Health Initiative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2002
- Chairman, UNAIDS reference group on the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, 1999
- Member, Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), 1997
- Member, Joint DH/MRC TSE Research Advisory Group, 1996
- Member, Council, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1993
- Trustee, The Tropical Health and Education Trust, 1991
Industrial Connections
- Abbott Laboratories, Consultant, One year renewable
- GSK, Consultant, One year renewable
- Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), Non-Executive Director
- Merck, Consultant
- Oriole Global Health Limited, Chairman
- Swiss Re, Consultant, One year renewable
Fellowships
- Foreign Member, French Academy of Sciences, French Académie des Sciences, 2010
- Honorary Fellow, City and Guilds, City and Guilds, 2010
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, Royal Statistical Society, 2002
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Agricultural Society, Roy Agricultural Society of England, 2002
- Honorary Fellow, Institute of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries, 2002
- Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists, Royal College of Pathologists, 1999
- Founding Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences, Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998
- Fellow, Academica Europaea, Academica Europeaea, 1998
- Honorary Member, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians, 1991
- Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, Royal Statistical Society, 1987
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society, 1986
- Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1985
- Fellow, Institute of Biology, Institute of Biology, 1982
- Fellow, Zoological Society, Zoological Society, 1982
- Foreign Member, National Academy of Medicine, USA, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, 1970
Editorial Boards
- Bulletin of World Health Organization, Member of Editorial Board
- Epidemiology and Infection, Member of Editorial Board
- Journal of AIDS, Member of Editorial Board
- Journal of Mathematical Biology, Member of Editorial Board
- AIDS
- Journal of Microbial Pathogenesis
- Parasitology, Member of Editorial Board
- Theoretical Population Biology, Member of Editorial Board
- Journal of Mathematics Applied in Biology and Medicine (IMA), Member of Editorial Board