Dr Andrew Farmer Biography
Dr Andrew Farmer, Deputy Chair, HTA Commissioning Board
Andrew Farmer is a Lecturer in General Practice at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Exeter College. He has been a member of the HTA Commissioning Board since 2000. He completed his MD in the University Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology in Oxford, having completed his vocational training at Thame Health Centre, where he worked as a principal in the practice from 1985 to 2000. Between 2001 and 2006 he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Primary Health Care holding an NHS R&D Senior Clinical Scientist Award. He is now a salaried general practitioner at South Oxford Health Centre.
Dr Farmer has contributed through research to the self-management of diabetes in general practice, including the best use of blood glucose monitoring, supporting adherence to medication, and the use of telemedicine to improve long-term outcomes. He was a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York in 1991.
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