{{short description|English professor}} '''Adrian R. Martineau''' FRSB is professor of respiratory infection and immunity at The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.<ref name="qmul">{{cite web|url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/all-staff/profiles/adrian-martineau.html|title=Professor Adrian Martineau - Blizard Institute - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry|website=qmul.ac.uk|access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref> He is a specialist in the effects of vitamin D on health<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181010-do-vitamin-d-supplements-work|title=Should everyone be taking vitamin D? - BBC Future|website=bbc.com|access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref> and the treatment of tuberculosis.<ref name="qmul" />
He completed his B.Med. Sci degree in Epidemiology and Public Health at Newcastle University in 1995, and graduated from Newcastle University Medical School in 1996. He was awarded a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from University of Liverpool. After working as a physician in a rural hospital in South Africa,<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian Martineau |url=https://wellcomecollection.wordpress.com/tag/adrian-martineau/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Wellcome Collection Blog |date=4 May 2011 |language=en}}</ref> he returned to Liverpool to continue medical training in 1999, and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2001.<ref name="qmul" /> He earned a PhD in 2010 and became Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian Martineau |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/adrian-martineau-471050 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=The Conversation |date=30 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
He leads the COVIDENCE UK study and the CORONAVIT trial.<ref>{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Molly |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Talking Vitamin D and COVID-19 With Professor Adrian Martineau |url=http://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/articles/talking-vitamin-d-and-covid-19-with-professor-adrian-martineau-344615 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Proteomics & Metabolomics from Technology Networks |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virtualmedicaleducators.org/event-details/vitamin-d-in-covid-19|title=Vitamin D in COVID-19|website=Virtual MedEd}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Adrian-R-Martineau-39549281 Adrian R Martineau's research while affiliated with Queen Mary, University of London and other places] * [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Martineau+AR&cauthor_id=28161533 Martineau AR - Search Results - PubMed]
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