Sally Davies (doctor)
Dame Sally Davies | |
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Davies in 2024 | |
| Master of Trinity College, Cambridge | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Gregory Winter |
| Chief Medical Officer for England | |
| In office 1 June 2010 – 1 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Liam Donaldson |
| Succeeded by | Chris Whitty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sally Claire Davies 24 November 1949 Birmingham, England |
| Spouses | Ralph Skilbeck
(m. 1972; div. 1982)P. R. A. Vulliamy
(m. 1982; died 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Master, Trinity College Cambridge |
| Profession | Physician (haematologist) |
| Awards | Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh (2017) Suffrage Science award (2011) |
| Website | gov |
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. She worked as a clinician specialising in the treatment of diseases of the blood and bone marrow. She is now Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, appointed on 8 February 2019, with effect from 8 October 2019. She is one of the founders of the National Institute for Health and Care Research.