Thomas Meade

Thomas Wilson Meade (21 January 1936 – 24 October 2022) was a British epidemiologist. He was a pioneer in epidemiology—in particular, in the role blood clotting factors have in cardiovascular disease. Meade underwent medical training at Christ Church, Oxford, and afterwards at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1960. In 1970, after a period studying at the Schieffelin Leprosy Research Sanatorium in South India, he became Director of the Medical Research Council's Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit. He retired from there in 2001, and became Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, investigating cardiovascular disease. Meade held Honorary Consultant positions in Epidemiology at St Bartholomew's, and at Northwick Park Hospital.