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Professor Andrew Curran took up his post as Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research at the Health and Safety Executive in March 2015. His career highlights include: Deputy Chief Executive at the Health and Safety Laboratory Scientific Chairman of...
Professor Susan Hopkins is the Chief Medical Advisor at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). In this capacity she leads the Clinical and Public Health Group whose objective is to provide professional health security, clinical and public health leadership. Susan...
Thomas Hoehn (appointed in 2009) is a Visiting Professor and research fellow at the Imperial College Business School, London, where he teaches Executive Education courses on Business Economics and Smart Cities. He is the Geschäftsführer of Antitrust & TradeRx GmbH,...
Alasdair Smith (appointed in January 2012) has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex since 1981 and was Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1998 to 2007. His academic work focuses on the effects of international trade on...
Professor Richard Prager is the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Before joining DLUHC, Richard was Head of the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University and Academic Director of Cambridge Online Education. He is...
Alfredo Saad Filho is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King’s College London.
Professor Bruce Campbell is a Non-Executive Director of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He chaired the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advisory committees on interventional procedures 2002-15 and on medical technologies 2009-15. He is...
Prof Mel Austen is Professor of Ocean and Society at the University of Plymouth where she is also Director of its Centre for Systems Thinking: Ocean, Land and Society. She leads and undertakes collaborative transdisciplinary marine research and training for...
Peter White OBE MD FRCP FRCPsych is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at Queen Mary University of London. He was a consultant liaison psychiatrist at St Bartholomew’s hospital and co-led the chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS ) service there. His...
In 2013 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office made available to the public a large collection of files from former British territories, sometimes known as the 'migrated archives'.
Professor David Cope is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is also a Foundation Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.
Professor Bell has been a Professor of Economics at King’s Business School within Kings College London since January 2017, following 4 years as an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Oxford University. Professor Bell is a world leading...
Professor Carole Mundell was the Chief International Science Envoy at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from January to October 2021. Previously Professor Mundell was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. She is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy...
Professor Guy Poppy was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency between August 2014 and July 2020. His previous career highlights include: Professor of Ecology at the University of Southampton Director of Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Southampton...
Professor Brian Morgan is Director of the Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre at the Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University and a member of the Cardiff Capital Region Board.
The Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) provides guidelines for health professionals on the prevention of malaria for travellers from the UK.
UK Professor Jim Skea has been elected Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the authoritative UN body on climate change science.
Sergi Pardos-Prado is Professor of Comparative Politics and Research Director of the Politics and International Relations department at the University of Glasgow. He was previously Associate Professor in Politics at Merton College, University of Oxford, and Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow...
Robin Grimes was appointed as the Ministry of Defence Chief Scientific Adviser on nuclear science and technology matters in October 2017. Robin was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chief Scientific Adviser from February 2013 to August 2018. He is currently...
Rachel will join the University of Sussex in August 2021 from the University of Southampton. As Provost, she will be Sussex’s most senior academic, overseeing all Schools. Rachel has a distinguished scientific record and has carried out a wide range...
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