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Patrick Vallance

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Gender Male
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
ParentsPeter Vallance
Barbara Vallance
Children 3
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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. A

Professional 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. N

Consultancy 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

Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid Inquiry but say he got big calls right
Dec 1,2023 9:01 pm

... 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

Covid inquiry: Some local leaders put politics ahead of public health, says Hancock
Dec 1,2023 9:21 am

... " 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

Covid inquiry: Toxic culture damaged response, says Matt Hancock
Nov 30,2023 12:41 pm

... 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

Dominic Raab denies Dominic Cummings made key pandemic decisions
Nov 29,2023 1:01 pm

... 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

Covid inquiry: Van-Tam family received 'unexpected' death threats
Nov 22,2023 1:41 pm

... 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

Covid inquiry: First lockdown imposed a bit too late - Whitty
Nov 21,2023 12:41 pm

... 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

Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
Nov 21,2023 12:51 am

... 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

Covid inquiry: 'Lack of leadership' as virus spread in autumn 2020
Nov 20,2023 1:11 pm

... 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-out test will be rolled out to more public service staff

Nov 20,2023 7:51 am

Coronavirus Test is introduced, people said the work in public services such as police, fire and jail personnel, health Secretary to Matt Hancock .

the capacity is increased "sharp" but not so many NHS employees had come forward that was expected for the tests, He Said .

The government said 21,328-tests were carried out on Thursday, but it had capacity for a minimum of 38,000.

Meanwhile, scientists.

But the Business Secretary Alok Sharma said there were "no guarantees" and it was not possible to set a date when a vaccine would be created.

the production is "a colossal undertaking" and "a complex process that takes many months," He Said to the government, the daily press briefing.

It Comes as the UK included 847 new coronavirus-related deaths in the hospitals, the on Thursday, taking the total to 14,576.

The figure does not include hundreds more who have died in nursing homes and in the community.

Speak of, the said by video link to an online conference, The Commons health committee earlier, Mr Steiner, that the government had prioritised Tests for hospital patients and NHS workers, before the extension to residents and staff in social care.

He added that around 50,000 NHS employees have been tested So Far .

But He Said it was "frustrating", were there was a capacity for more than 10,000 tests per day, on Thursday.

The government has set a target of 100,000 tests per day until The End of April.

suitability for the Tests will also be extended to critical local authority employees, the judiciary and the Department for work and pensions-employees, He Said .

"are We able to do that because of the scale-up of the audit," he added.

Mr Hancock said he hoped someone with Symptoms , which would be able to be approved "relatively quickly".

"Now we have The Curve under control, I would like to be able to test again The Position in which we can, each with Symptoms and I expect to be able to do that relatively soon, because we increase the capacity, so how I say it," He Said .

Matt Wrack , the General Secretary of The Fire Brigades Union, welcomed the expansion of the examination.

However, he added: "It is a shame it has come to The End , with thousands of firefighters already self-isolate - this is something that could easily have been avoided. "

Mr. Flow said, it also subjects were, how accessible is the testing, with many test centers far outside of the city.

Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive of The Royal College of Nursing, told The Committee some of the sick NHS workers were forced to drive for up to two hours to be tested.

"wave"

Also in relation to The Committee , Prof Anthony Costello, Director of the University College London's Institute for Global Health, said it could be, and 40,000 deaths in the United Kingdom as a result of the Corona-Virus-pandemic.

He Said that Britain was reacting "too slowly" on A Number of fronts to The Crisis , which may lead to "probably the highest death rate in Europe".

Sir Patrick Vallance , the government's chief scientific adviser, had previously said it would be a "good result".

warning that the United Kingdom would be, "said wave" of The Virus , Prof Costello, a system should be introduced that "not only a certain number of tests in The Laboratory ," but that in "district and community level".

speaking at The Briefing , Sir Patrick said it was at the beginning of a "gradual reduction" in The Number of coronavirus patients in London, hospitals, and a flattening or decline in other areas.

"The numbers are not only on a Plateau , but beginning to, in some areas, and translate that into less people in the intensive care unit at the appropriate time," He Said .

"But you don't expect to be this fast. This is not a sudden drop, there will be a Plateau - it will take a while until the numbers come right down and that is why it is important that we continue with the strong social distancing measures that we have implemented. "

Sir Patrick added that he expects that The Number of corona virus-related deaths continue to come to the Plateau "for a while", before you start to slow down.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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