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Professor Wiles has spent much of his career as an academic criminologist at a number of UK universities and is currently a governor at Sheffield Hallam University and a trustee of the National Centre for Social Research. Until 2015 he...
The UK government is announcing its support for the renowned particle physicist Professor Mark Thomson, to be the next Director-General of CERN.
Sir Mark Walport is the Chief Executive of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which is responsible for the public funding of research and innovation. He was Government Chief Scientific Adviser ( GCSA ) and Head of the...
Professor Lucy Chappell FMedSci is the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), with overall responsibility for the department’s research and development, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the government’s major...
Professor Sampson has over 40 years’ experience working in the criminal justice sector, having served as a police officer for 19 years before becoming a solicitor specialising in policing law, conduct and governance. He is an Honorary Professor and member...
A professor of Comparative Education at the University of Birmingham, Professor Kiwan has an interdisciplinary background in psychology, sociology and education. Her broad research programme focuses on citizenship, inclusion and is interdisciplinary and comparative in scope. Her interests centre around...
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...
Jim Ryan was the first Leonard Cheshire Professor in Conflict Recovery at the Department of Surgery, University College London, serving in that capacity from 1995 until 2007. He was also visiting professor in trauma care and honorary consultant in emergency...
Isabel Oliver is the Director General of Science and Research & Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Health Security Agency ( UKHSA ). Prior to this, Isabel was Director of National Infection Service at Public Health England ( PHE ) having...
Professor Charlotte Watts is Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She is seconded from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she is Professor of Social...
Professor Alan Penn is the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Alan was previously, from July 2019 to September 2021, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. A Professor...
Professor Julia Sutcliffe was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business and Trade in February 2023. Julia provides science and engineering advice and independent challenge to the department’s ministers and senior officials, champions an evidence-based approach to decision-making,...
Professor John Perkins was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2012. John is currently an Honorary Professor at Manchester University, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a member of the EPSRC...
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...
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 23 April 2024.
Professor Peter Halligan became Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales (CSAW) in March 2018. Professor Halligan is a distinguished psychologist and neuroscientist. Since moving to Wales from his native Ireland, he has played a key role in a number of innovative...
Professor John Aston became the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser in September 2017. Professor Aston specialises in applied statistics. He was, until recently, a trustee of the Alan Turing Institute, and has previously spent much of his career working in...
Professor Dame Sally Davies GCB DBE FRS FMedSci is the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance ( AMR ). Before this, she was Chief Medical Officer ( CMO ) for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK government from...
Susan Owens was appointed chair of Defra’s Social Science Expert Group in October 2021 for 3 years. Defra’s Social Science Expert Group is a sub-group of Defra’s Science Advisory Council . Susan is Professor of Environment and Policy (Emerita) at...
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,...
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