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SUMMARY:Centre for Science and Policy Annual Lecture -  What does it take 
 to achieve science-informed policy?: the case of antimicrobial resistance 
 - Dame Sally Davies\, Master of Trinity College
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CONTACT:Laura Sayer
DESCRIPTION:*To register to attend this lecture please click on the follow
 ing link http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/csap-annual-lecture-11-feb-2020/
 signup/ *\n\nThe 2020 CSaP Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor D
 ame Sally Davies\, Master of Trinity College\, Cambridge and former Chief 
 Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Advisor to the UK Government
 .\n\nIn this lecture\, Dame Sally Davies will give a first-hand account of
  what it takes to get the right science to inform the right policy questio
 ns at the right time. To see the development of policy through from initia
 l framing of the question to implementation requires patience\, luck and d
 etermination. Dame Sally tells the behind-the-scenes story of her work on 
 AMR\, drawing lessons for scientists\, civil servants\, politicians and ot
 hers committed to evidence-informed policy.\n\n\n\nProfessor Dame Sally Da
 vies is the Master of Trinity College\, having been Chief Medical Officer 
 for the last nine years. Appointed in 2010\, Dame Sally was the first fe
 male Chief Medical Officer. She worked in the NHS as a consultant haematol
 ogist for 30 years\, before joining the Civil Service in 2004. Dame Sally 
 became Director General of Research and Development for the NHS\, created 
 the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)\, and later played a cen
 tral role in the establishment of Genomics England. She is best known for 
 successfully paving the way for international and domestic efforts in the 
 fight against antimicrobial resistance and leading the UK government’s r
 esponse to health emergencies including Ebola\, pandemic flu\, and the Nov
 ichok attacks.\n\nDrinks reception will follow.
LOCATION:Palmerston Room
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