Dr Gail Marzetti
Biography
Dr Gail Marzetti is Director of Science, Research and Evidence at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Deputy CEO of the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Gail joined DHSC in March 2020 as part of the cross-government COVID-19 surge team as head of the international workforce team. Before joining DHSC, Gail worked for more than 20 years with the Department for International Development (DFID). This included 6 years as one of the team that established DFID’s Research and Evidence Division.
More recently, Gail was Head of DFID Myanmar for 2 years, leading the UK response to the Rohingya crisis and before that Head of DIFD Nepal. She has also worked in Brazil, Mozambique, India and Kenya as well as the United Nations department and Corporate Strategy Group. In her early career Gail was a food security expert working in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction.
Gail holds a PhD from the Institute for Development Policy and Management at Manchester University. She is interested in the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised people, especially women, in positive, equitable and sustainable development.
Director, Science, Research and Evidence
Part of DHSC’s senior leadership team, the Director of Science, Research and Evidence is responsible for DHSC’s:
- policy research
- science policy
Previous roles in government
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Head of DFID Myanmar
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Head of DFID Nepal