{"id":505,"date":"2025-06-05T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/?p=505"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:45:28","slug":"head-of-department-of-infectious-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/2025\/06\/05\/head-of-department-of-infectious-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the Department of Infectious Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">Professor Wendy Barclay <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">has <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">accept<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">ed a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">n <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">extension <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">to her <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">term <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">s Head of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\"> the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\"> De<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">partment o<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">f Infectious Disease<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW186470890 BCX8\">starting from 3<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW186470890 BCX8\">1 July this year.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW186470890 BCX8\"><span class=\"SCXW186470890 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW186470890 BCX8\" \/><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW186470890 BCX8\"><span class=\"SCXW186470890 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW186470890 BCX8\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">This will be for a period of up to six months <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">while<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\"> a comprehensive search <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">takes place <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186470890 BCX8\">for her successor as Head of Department, ensuring continuity of leadership for the Infectious Disease community.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW186470890 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Wendy Barclay has accepted an extension to her term as Head of the Department of Infectious Disease starting from 31 July this year.\u00a0\u00a0This will be for a period of up to six months while a comprehensive search takes place for her successor as Head of Department, ensuring continuity of leadership for the Infectious Disease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1722,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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