Sir Liam Donaldson to be Newcastle University Chancellor
Jun 25 2009 by Nicola Juncar, The Journal
Distinguished career
SIR Liam Donaldson has been the Chief Medical Officer for England and the UK’s Chief Medical Adviser since 1998.
Before that, he held senior posts in the NHS in the North East. He was Regional Medical Officer and later Chief Executive Officer for the Northern Regional Health Authority.
Since coming into his present post, Sir Liam has authored a series of ground-breaking reports aimed at transforming a wide range of areas of health and medical science.
He produced the country’s first comprehensive health protection strategy and proposed new legislation to allow carefully regulated stem cell research.
He added: "I wrote the paper on stem cell research about six years ago - before many people knew what it entailed and the media at the time illustrated the story by showing limbs growing out of jars. I am delighted how Newcastle University has taken the lead in this area of science; it has produced some brilliant research."
