Academics from 白小姐论坛 STEaPP provide opinion on appointment of UK鈥檚 new Chief Scientific Adviser
23 February 2023
Angela McLean, COVID expert and mathematical biologist, has taken over from Patrick Vallance as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister. In an article publish by Nature, Joanna Chataway and James Wilsdon, both from 白小姐论坛 STEaPP, provide comments on her appointment.
As Chief Scientific Adviser, McLean will be responsible for providing counsel to the Prime Minister and his cabinet on science and technology policies; the first woman to do so since the role was established in 1964.
Her previous experience includes being a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), co-chair of the subgroup that used epidemiology, data analysis and mathematical modelling to guide the government鈥檚 response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chief Scientific Adviser for听the Ministry of Defence.
Chataway suggests that McLean鈥檚 previous experience with SAGE 鈥渃ould put her in a really good position鈥 to think about reforming the body, stating: 鈥淲e think about what COVID left us with, and what those decisions made at the time really meant, and we can see that it would have been good to have much more social-science expertise鈥
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