Sally Davies (doctor)

Sally Davies
Davies in 2014
Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
Assumed office
8 October 2019
Preceded bySir Gregory Winter
Chief Medical Officer for England
In office
1 June 2010 – 1 October 2019
Preceded bySir Liam Donaldson
Succeeded byChris Whitty
Personal details
Born
Sally Claire Davies

(1949-11-24) 24 November 1949 (age 74)
Birmingham, England
Spouses
Ralph Skilbeck
(m. 1972; div. 1982)
P. R. A. Vulliamy
(m. 1982; died 1982)
(m. 1989)
Children2
Parent
Alma mater
OccupationMaster, Trinity College Cambridge
ProfessionPhysician (Haematologist)
AwardsCameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh (2017)
Suffrage Science award (2011)
Websitegov.uk/government/people/sally-davies

Dame Sally Claire Davies GCB DBE FRS FMedSci (born 24 November 1949) is a British physician. She was the Chief Medical Officer from 2010 to 2019 and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health from 2004 to 2016.[1][2] She worked as a clinician specialising in the treatment of diseases of the blood and bone marrow.[3] She is now Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, appointed on 8 February 2019, with effect from 8 October 2019.[3] She is one of the founders of the National Institute for Health and Care Research.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference frs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Professor Dame Sally Davies". gov.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Rimmer, Abi (8 February 2019). "Sally Davies steps down as England's chief medical officer". BMJ. 364: l654. doi:10.1136/bmj.l654. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 30737224. S2CID 73441579.
  4. ^ "Professor Dame Sally Davies". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Ten Years of the NIHR: Achievements and Challenges for the Next Decade". www.ohe.org. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

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