Graham Taylor, Reader in Communicable Diseases (Medicine) has been awarded the DSc degree of Imperial College London.

Graham Taylor, Reader in Communicable Diseases (Medicine) has been awarded the DSc degree of Imperial College London for his work on the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) which belongs to the family of viruses called retroviruses. Since joining Imperial in 1992, Dr Taylor has developed a research team to provide care for patients with HTLV-1 infection and associated diseases, determine the frequency and spectrum of disease, understand the causes of disease, develop tests to monitor the infection and to study novel treatments.