MRDr Mark Russell — no licensed photograph is available, so the clinician plate is shown instead.

Clinician

Dr Mark Russell

Clinical senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at King's College London

Press citations

2

1 linkable below

Topic

1

Heart disease & stroke

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Dr Mark Russell: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Clinical senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at King's College London
Quoted on
Heart disease & stroke
Press citations held
2 (1 with a linkable article)
Most recently quoted
10 Sept 2026

Although the benefits are relatively small on an individual basis, millions of people receive shingles vaccination, meaning that even a small cardiovascular benefit could translate into a substantial number of cardiovascular events prevented at a population level. However, it is important to note that this is an observational study, not a randomised trial, and it cannot prove definitively that the recombinant vaccine caused the reduction in cardiovascular disease.

Where Dr Mark Russell has been quoted

  1. Shingles vaccine linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular diseasepulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026

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