Winner
Professor Dame Sally Davies
Summary of work
Professor Dame Sally Davies, who was appointed Chief Medical Officer in 2010, developed the National Institute for Health Research and also chairs the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. She is a member of the board of the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research and the Medical Research Council, is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Advisory Committee on Health Research, sits on the International Advisory Committee for A*STAR, Singapore and the Caribbean Health Research Council.
She advises many organisations on research strategy and evaluation, including the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
Professor Dame Davies is a leading voice in the fight against antibiotic resistance. She has worked to raise awareness of the challenges involved in tackling antibiotic resistance and has also helped bring it to a world stage via the innovative Longitude Prize.
Judges’ comments
Professor Dame Davies has shown a lifelong commitment to not just increasing understanding of the threat of antibiotic resistance, but actually doing something about it through the Longitude prize. Sally is at the forefront of antibiotic resistance, which will continue to be the curse of the modern age unless tackled.
