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Academics from 香港六合彩中特网 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 香港六合彩中特网 STEaPP, provide comments on her appointment.

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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.

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, Professor and Head of Department of Science Technology, Engineering & Public Policy (STEaPP), stated: 鈥淭here are expectations that [McLean鈥檚] role will be quite broad. It will address economic growth in the priority areas for the government of making science, technology and innovation really relevant to a broad economic and social infrastructure.鈥�

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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, Professor of Research Policy within 香港六合彩中特网's STEaPP, has said that the ongoing public inquiry into the government鈥檚 response to the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to reflect on what has worked well within the scientific advisory system and suggested that McLean will need to 鈥渟tep back from the immediate aftermath of that crisis and look afresh at how well our system is working, what can be done to strengthen it and make it fit for the challenges that lie ahead鈥�.

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