Professor Sir Mark Walport

Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Medical scientist Sir Mark Walport was appointed government chief scientific adviser in 2013 and head of the government office for science. Born in London, Sir Mark studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge, and completed his clinical training at Hammersmith, Guy’s and Brompton hospitals. Since then, he has led research, in particular, into the immunology and genetics of rheumatic diseases. From 2003 until 2013 he held the position of director of the Wellcome Trust and has been both professor of medicine and head of the Division of Medicine at Imperial College London. A knighthood was granted to Sir Mark in 2009, and two years later he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. 

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