Lifetime Achievement Award
PROFESSOR JAMIE BARTRAM BSc Microbiology, 1985
and PhD in Environmental and Public Health, 1996
Jamie has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to environmental health on a global scale.
For someone who vowed never to go to university, Professor Jamie Bartram has had a very successful career as both scientist and academic and is a recognised leader in the field of environmental health worldwide.
My time at the WHO was my dream job, influencing and changing policy and guidelines to support communities to improve their sanitation and health.
Professor Jamie Bartram
It was his passion in this area that led him to leave Great Ormond Street Hospital as a lab scientific officer to embark on a degree in microbiology, initially as a way of gaining a teaching qualification which was necessary at the time to work in roles in developing countries.
His Surrey studies led him to his first experience in environmental health for a water supply project in Peru and he never looked back. He has subsequently helped the lives of disadvantaged people through improving water, sanitation and hygiene as director at the World Health Organization and, most recently, as Director
of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina, from which he retired this year.
“It has been absolutely incredible to lead the science that supports environmental health,” said Jamie. “My time at the WHO was my dream job, influencing and changing policy and guidelines to support communities to improve their sanitation and health.
“Two different things drew me towards academia — one was pursuing evidence for policy and practice (through research) where it seemed to me that my understanding of the ‘needs’ side especially might add value. The other was the opportunity to work with those who would go on to become the leaders of the future.”
Jamie’s 30-year plus career in environmental health has changed international policy and improved lives across the world.
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