Dr. Ford is a scientific officer with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, and the head of WHO’s Guidelines Review Committee. Previously, he worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for 14 years supporting HIV programmes in a number of countries in southern Africa and Southeast Asia. He holds a degree in microbiology and virology, a Master’s of Public Health and Epidemiology, and a PhD in clinical epidemiology.

Dr. Ford is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed publications and is an editorial adviser for the WHO Bulletin, as well as a member of the editorial boards of JAIDS, JIAS, Tropical Medicine and International Health, and Conflict and Health.