OHE Welcomes Professors Rawlins and Smith to its Policy Board

Composed of academics and thought leaders from within and outside of the UK, OHE’s Policy Board has provided advice and guidance to the OHE on its research programmes since the 1960s. In April, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins and Professor Peter C Smith joined the group.

Composed of academics and thought leaders from within and outside of the UK, OHE’s Policy Board has provided advice and guidance to the OHE on its research programmes since the 1960s. In April, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins and Professor Peter C Smith joined the group.

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, President of the Royal Society of Medicine, was chairman of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) from its formation in 1999 to April 2013. A physician and pharmacologist, Sir Michael has provided insight in numerous roles, including as head of both the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. He currently is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of London, as well as an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Professor Peter C. Smith is co-director of the Centre for Health Policy in the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and previoulsy was Director of the Centre for Health Economics at the University or York. His primary focus is on the economics of health and the broader public services. Prof Smith has acted in numerous governmental advisory capacities, including as a board member of the Audit Commission, and, currently, on the Monitor’s Cooperation and Competition Panel. He also has advised several other governments and international agencies.

A full list of members of the Policy Board are listed here.