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Professor Lucy Chappell begins role as NIHR Chief Executive

Date: 27 September 2021

Professor Lucy Chappell begins role as NIHR Chief Executive

Professor Lucy Chappell started her new post as Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research on 2 August 2021.

Professor Chappell – an NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics working at the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s College London – will lead the NIHR as part of her wider role as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care. She takes over leadership of the NIHR from Professor Chris Whitty and will report to him in his capacity as Chief Medical Officer for England.

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