Chris Whitty

Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty KCB FRS (born 21 April 1966) is a British epidemiologist, serving as Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019.

This article is about the British physician and epidemiologist. For the American speed skater and cyclist, see Chris Witty.

Sir
Chris Whitty
KCB FRS FRCP FFPH FMedSci
Whitty in 2020
Chief Medical Officer for England
Assumed office
2 October 2019
Deputy
Preceded byDame Sally Davies
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Acting
18 September 2017 – 4 April 2018
Preceded bySir Mark Walport
Succeeded bySir Patrick Vallance
Personal details
Born
Christopher John MacRae Whitty

(1966-04-21) 21 April 1966
Gloucester, England
Alma mater
  • University of Oxford
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Northumbria University
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • The Open University
ProfessionPhysician and epidemiologist
Websitegov.uk/government/people/christopher-whitty

Whitty was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and Head of the National Institute for Health and Care Research from 2016 to 2021. He was also the Acting Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2017 to 2018. He is emeritus Gresham Professor of Physic.

Since March 2020, Whitty has played a key role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, alongside Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Whitty was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to public health.

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