Professor Sir Chris Whitty

Professor Sir Chris Whitty is a physician and epidemiologist who works in public health, science policy and clinical medicine. He is currently Chief Medical Officer for England and chief medical adviser to the UK government, Consultant NHS physician at UCLH and The Hospital for Tropical Diseases. He was previously Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Professor of Public and International Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Director of the Malaria Centre. Other previous roles include leading the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and CSA and director of research at the Department for International Development (DFID).