Health Minister announces new Chief Scientific Adviser
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Health Minister Robbie Butler has welcomed the appointment of Professor Danny McAuley as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health.
Professor McAuley will provide leadership across the healthcare sector enabling the provision of high-quality evidence to improve care for patients and the general population, adding to our knowledge and understanding of health, disease, diagnoses, treatment and care.
Minister Butler said:
"I am delighted to announce Professor Danny McAuley as the Chief Scientific Adviser to this Department.
“Danny joins my Department as part of a long and distinguished career within Health and Social Care.
“Danny is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast, and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. His scientific knowledge and expertise will be of immense value to me and others in this Department in formulating and developing policy to enhance the health and wellbeing of patients, and the population more generally.
“As Director of the HSC Research & Development Division, Danny will also be an excellent ambassador for research in Northern Ireland’s health and social care sector. Our aim is to help leading edge research grow and to make Northern Ireland a region of choice for clinical trials.”
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