Chris Whitty

Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty <a href="/facts/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath/as761RvN">KCB</a> <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">FRS</a> (born 21 April 1966) is a British <a href="/facts/Epidemiologist/wgTmxoMA">epidemiologist</a>, serving as <a href="/facts/Chief_Medical_Officer_for_England/yRKdBXTB">Chief Medical Officer for England</a> and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019. 
Whitty was Chief Scientific Adviser to the <a href="/facts/Department_of_Health_and_Social_Care/snoYk2Wm">Department of Health and Social Care</a> and Head of the <a href="/facts/National_Institute_for_Health_and_Care_Research/81Y2sWHV">National Institute for Health and Care Research</a> from 2016 to 2021. He was also the <a href="/facts/Government_Chief_Scientific_Adviser_(United_Kingdom)/g7PNJgoH">Acting Government Chief Scientific Adviser</a> from 2017 to 2018. He is emeritus <a href="/facts/Gresham_Professor_of_Physic/jl0QhQR7">Gresham Professor of Physic</a>.
From March 2020, Whitty played a key role in the response to the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom/P28V4Ioq">COVID-19 pandemic in the UK</a>, alongside Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir <a href="/facts/Patrick_Vallance/1sBc8gll">Patrick Vallance</a>. Whitty was appointed <a href="/facts/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath/as761RvN">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB) in the <a href="/facts/2022_New_Year_Honours/9cGME5cE">2022 New Year Honours</a> for services to public health.

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Chris Whitty