John Bell (physician)

John Bell
Born
John Irving Bell

(1952-07-01) 1 July 1952
CitizenshipCanadian, British
Education
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology, genetics
Websitehttps://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/divisional-services/staff/regius

Sir John Irving Bell (born 1 July 1952) is a Canadian-British immunologist and geneticist. From 2006 to 2011, he was President of the United Kingdom's Academy of Medical Sciences. Between 2002 and 2024, he held the Regius Chair of Medicine at the University of Oxford. From 2006, he was Chairman of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR), but became a normal member of the OSCHR in 2020. Bell was selected to the Vaccine Taskforce sometime before 1 July 2020. Bell is also on the board of directors of the SOE quango Genomics England.