The Westminster government has named its next chief scientific adviser
Long before the chief scientific and medical advisers to the government became front page news during the Covid-19 pandemic, they were science royalty. Yesterday afternoon, prime minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that the latest addition to this illustrious group would be University of Oxford professor Angela McLean, who has been appointed chief scientific adviser.
Dame Angela, a professor of mathematical biology at Oxford, will be the first woman to hold the position when she takes over from Patrick Vallance in April. That’s quite something when you consider that the role has been around since the 1960s.
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