| Dame Sally Davies |
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| Speaking at the 2011 NHS Confederation annual conference, Manchester | |
| Chief Medical Officer for England | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Liam Donaldson |
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| Born | 24 November 1949 |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Profession | Haematologist |
Dame Sally Claire Davies, DBE (born 24 November 1949) is the Director General of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and National Health Service in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
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She is the daughter of John and Emily (née Tordoff) Davies. She qualified as a medical doctor (MB ChB) from the University of Manchester in 1972.[3] From the University of London, she gained an MSc.
Davies was a member of the steering group for the Biotechnology Innovation and Growth Team, chaired by Sir David Cooksey and its “refresh” the Health Care Industry Task Force, and is a member of the UK Health Innovation Council. She specializes in the research of sickle cell disease.[2]
She has been a Consultant Haematologist since 1985 at the Central Middlesex Hospital.
From June 2010, Professor Dame Sally Davies was the interim Chief Medical Officer for HM Government although now has been confirmed as the permanent Chief Medical Officer.[4]
She first married in 1974, divorcing in 1982. She remarried in 1982, but her second husband died that same year. She married her third husband in 1989, and they have two daughters. She has received honorary degrees from Keele University and the University of Lincoln.[5][6]