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Chief Medical Officer for England and chief medical adviser to the UK government
Former Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care
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,. Previously Professor Whitty was Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Health and Social Care. He was also Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research & Evidence at the Department for International Development, where he was responsible for DfID's diverse research programmes. Before joining DfID he was Professor of International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he continues to run a research programme, and Chair of the UK National Expert Panel on New & Emerging Infections, which included animal as well as human infections. He has worked and undertaken research in several countries in Africa and Asia, and is trained in physiology, medicine, economics, epidemiology and law.
