Brian Ion Duerden CBE (born 1948) is a British microbiologist.
Duerden graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1972, subsequently lecturing in bacteriology there.
[1] In 1979 he obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis entitled, “The characterization and occurrence of clinically important gram-negative anaerobic bacilli”.
[1] He became Inspector of Microbiology and Infection Control at the Department of Health in 2004.
[1] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours, "For services to Medicine and to Charity".