The Lord Vallance of Balham | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Andrew Griffith |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2024 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick John Thompson Vallance 17 March 1960[1] Essex, England |
| Alma mater | St George's, University of London (BSc, MBBS) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Sophia Ann Dexter (m. 1986) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Goulstonian Lecture (1996)[2] Royal Medal (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | |
| Website | www |
Patrick John Thompson Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham, KCB, FRS, FMedSci, FRCP, HonFREng (born 17 March 1960),[1] is a British physician, scientist, clinical pharmacologist and politician.
A member of the Labour Party, he has served as Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology since July 2024.[3] He previously served as the government chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023.
From 1986 to 1995, Vallance taught at St George's Hospital Medical School, where his research concentrated on vascular biology and endothelial cell physiology. In 1995, he was appointed Professor at UCL Medical School, and in 2002 he became head of UCL's Department of Medicine. From 2012 to 2018, he was president of research and development (R&D) at global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).[4] He served as the chair of the Natural History Museum's board of trustees between 2022 and 2024.[5][6]
In March 2020, as the government's chief scientific adviser, Vallance appeared alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, in televised briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[7][8] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to public health. In July 2024, Vallance was named as Minister of State for Science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology by prime minister Keir Starmer following the Labour party's win in the 2024 general election.
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- ^ Can Data Make a Medicine?, YouTube video, Royal Institution (2017)
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