Patrick Vallance
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 64 |
| Date of birth | March 17,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Institutions | GlaxoSmithKline |
| University College London | |
| Government Office for Science | |
| Job | Physician |
| Born | Essex |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Sophia Ann Dexter |
| Awards | Goulstonian Lecture |
| Education | St George's University of London |
| Parents | Peter Vallance |
| Barbara Vallance | |
| Children | 3 |
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| ID | 404803 |
Patrick Vallance Life story
Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng is a British physician, scientist, and clinical pharmacologist who has worked in both academia and industry. He has served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom since 2018.
Education and Qualifications
Dr. Patrick vallance is a medical doctor who graduated with a degree in medicine from the university of southampton. He earned his phd in immunology from the unievrsity of london. He also ohlds a number of professional qualifications. Including a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. An msc in clinical immunology and allergy frmo the university of london. And a certificate in academic clinical practice from the royal college of physicians.Career
Dr. Patrick vallance has worked in various roles in the medical field. Including as a research scientist. Clinician and health policy advisor. He was most recently the chife scientific adviser to the british government. From 2018 to 2020. Prior to his government role. He was the president of pharmaceuticals research and development at glaxosmithkline. And he has held a number of roles at the wellcome trust and the department of health.Publications
Dr. Patrick vallance has authored over 130 scientific papres. Reviews and book chatpers on topics related to immunology. Infectious disease and clinical practice. He has also written several books. Including the immunology of infection and the immunology of diseases.Awards
Dr. Patrick vallance has been recognised for his work in medicine with a number of awards. He has been awarded the sir william osler medal from the royal college of physicians. The rcp s highest honour. And he has also received the silver medal from the british medical association. In was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university of southampton.Important Event
In 2019. Dr. Patrick valalnce was appointed as the chief scientific adviser to the british government. A role he held until 2020. In this roel. He provided scientific advice to the government on a range of issues. Including the response to the covid-19 pandemic.Interesting Fact
Dr. Patrick vallance is an avid cyclist and has completed the london to paris cycle rdie multiple times. He also plays the violin and is a member of the london symphony orchestr. AProfessional Memberships
Dr. Patrick vallance is a fellow of the royal college of physicians. The academy of medical sciences. The royal society and the british academy. He is also a member of the world economic forum s global agenda coucnil on heatlh and serves on the scientific advisory board of the bill and melinda gates foundatio. NConsultancy and Advisory Roles
Dr. Patrick vallance has held a number of rolse in the medical field. Including as a consultant for the world health organization. An advisor for the international aids vaccine initiative. And a member of the executive board of the global alliance for vaccines and immunization. He is also the chair of the uk s national institute of health reserach health technology assessment board.Teaching
Dr. Patrick vallance has taught at a number of universities. Including the university of london. The university of cambridge. The university of oxford and the lonodn school of hygiene and tropicla medicine. He has also been a visiting professor at the university of southampton and a visiting fellow at the university of cambrdige.Media Appearances
Dr. Patrick vallance is a regular presence in the media and has been interviewed by a number of outlets. Including the bbc. Sky news. The financial times and the guardian. He has also been a guest lecturer at the imperial college london. The lonodn school of economics. The university of oxford and the university of cambridge.Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid Inquiry but say he got big calls right
... The former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said Mr Johnson was " bamboozled" by scientific data...
Covid inquiry: Some local leaders put politics ahead of public health, says Hancock
... " Mr Keith KC asked if that is what former Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance referred to when, in his diaries, he mentioned " difficult negotiations in Manchester"...
Covid inquiry: Toxic culture damaged response, says Matt Hancock
... Sir Patrick Vallance, the former chief scientific adviser, Mr Hancock had " a habit of saying things which he didn t have a basis for"...
Dominic Raab denies Dominic Cummings made key pandemic decisions
... In a diary entry, former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance wrote that it was " quite extraordinary" that the health secretary was not there...
Covid inquiry: Van-Tam family received 'unexpected' death threats
... Giving evidence earlier, Prof Whitty also said that neither he nor Sir Patrick Vallance, the government s former chief scientific adviser, were told about it in advance...
Covid inquiry: First lockdown imposed a bit too late - Whitty
... These included: It came after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said on Monday that he and Sir Chris did not always see eye-to-eye...
Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
... It comes a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the pair had differing views over when to lock down...
Covid inquiry: 'Lack of leadership' as virus spread in autumn 2020
... By mid-October, the then prime minister had become frustrated by talk of a second lockdown, the UK s chief scientific adviser in the pandemic, Sir Patrick Vallance, wrote in his diary...
Coronavirus: Is R-balanced, the number on the razor's edge?
Relaxing lockdown in England, the pressure on the "R is to increase The Number "
warnings coronavirus were you could. in the North-West and South-West of England
Some scientists say, the R-series is creeping across the country and may have surpassed - The Point at which the epidemic takes off again - in these regions.
Tameside Council has "strongly" advised not to open the schools on Monday.
The government insists The Number is higher than anywhere in the country.
So, what is it? How worried we need to be? And what it means for the lifting of the lockdown?
Quick, what is the R-number is again?It is The Number of people each infected person, on average, The Virus .
If the R three, Then 10 people, 30 others will infect is. But if R is 0. 5, the 10 people, only five would infect.
A R a, is the critical threshold. Everything low, and an epidemic is in decline, But if it goes higher Then the cases are increasing exponentially.
What do The Scientists say?The R is steadily increasing in England.
A team of Public Health England (PHE) and says this was the clear pattern in your data, the since 11. May, if.
your results suggest, we are now balanced on The Edge of a knife.
"Both in the North-West and South-West only spans about a, But all of the regions," said Dr. Paul Birrell, One of the researchers.
But this is only a mathematical model, and there is great uncertainty in the figures. The PWT data is a number between 0. 72 and 1. 2 for London.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine approved the South-west One , But paints a more optimistic view of the rest of England and their R-number for the North-west is only 0. 8.
"Overall, I would say, we see R is insidious," says Dr. Sebastian Funk, of the London School, told The Bbc .
they also say that the R-number is 0. 8 in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland .
Is a disaster for the lifting of the lockdown?It would be easy to say "Yes, But the reality is confusing, and it is important to understand what changes in R.
drives"It's complicated, the reasons are varied and difficult to unravel," Dr. Funk told me.
The simplest explanation is that The Virus spread in fact more. As the PHE report says: "We believe that this is likely to be due to the increasing mobility and the mixing between the private house and the public, and on-the-job settings. "
But it may be due to a counter-intuitive nature of mathematics, lockdown a success, cases, and R goes up.
If the cases happen to collapse in the Community , But they are slower to think in nursing homes and hospitals, what we also, is - Then these areas are secure by pulling the R-number, even if The Situation improves.
And to appear when your low level of infection, which can be all of the estimates are more uncertain and to make R higher.
"It is a strange thing about R, it tells you the rate of change, and after all The Way down, you can not have R to a low level," says Dr. Funk.
Why is the government says: R is below a everywhere?There is no perfect way of measuring-R.
The government is seeking advice from several theoretical groups, including the two mentioned above, which all appreciate, the figure from different angles. Some more positive, others more negative, views of the R.
It is the object of the Forecast that come from the government's group of scientific advisors, led by chief science advisor Sir Patrick Vallance , in order to build an overall picture.
The official position is the R for the whole of the United Kingdom is between 0. 7 and 0. 9. Sage sources say, from your point of view, there is no region, the a " R " a are, however, some areas are "very close".
Sir Patrick has warned consistently, and publicly, there is little room for manoeuvre in easing lockdown as the R is on the threshold.
How important these numbers are and how concerned we should be.The First point is The Number of cases is also essential. A high R is more of a problem if there are a lot of virus around.
"R must not be taken in isolation about the current threat situation," said Dr. Birrell.
The South-West has always been relatively few cases - currently 778 infections A Day , according to PHE. However, Dr Birrell says the North-west - 4.170-degree infections of the day - more "worrying".
Also, relaxing lockdown of the pressure on the "R is to increase The Number of". From the school, the children are back in the class room, the companies will be re-opened and we can see more and more people, while maintaining social distance.
it is expected The Full Effect of these is reflected in the official data in The Coming weeks.
Dr. Funk said: "We are pretty close to R equal to One , no matter which way you look at it, we are lifting the restrictions, and if we see a sustained R greater than One , Then we need to Do Something about it.
"A Day above, nothing to do with me, a couple of weeks does. "
The Next stage of controlling coronavirus will depend on getting a detailed picture of what is Happening up and down the country.
The Plan is to use the "local lock out feature" that the target can be a Cluster of cases are associated to a company or a nursing home.
But this requires an even more accurate picture of what's going on, as in these models. PHE lump in the North-East and Yorkshire in a region. It is a neat 190 km journey from Sheffield to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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