Muir Gray

J.A. Muir Gray

Nationality British
Institutions Oxford University, NHS
Known for UK National Screening Programme, National Library for Health

J.A. Muir Gray Kt, CBE, DSc, MD, FRCPSGlas, FCLIP is a doctor, who has held senior positions in screening, public health and information management.

He was director of Research and Development for Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority and supported the United Kingdom Centre of the Cochrane Collaboration in promoting evidence-based medicine. He held the positions of director at the UK National Screening Committee, during which he helped pioneer Britain's breast and cervical cancer screening programmes,[1] and National Library for Health, and director of Clinical Knowledge Process and Safety for the NHS National Programme for IT.[2]

He was knighted in 2005 for the development of the foetal, maternal and child screening programme and the creation of the National Library for Health.[1]

He is now the director of the National Knowledge Service and Chief Knowledge Officer to the National Health Service and is Public Health Director of the Campaign for Greener Healthcare.[3]

Selected Books

References