Sue Hill

Not to be confused with the author Susan Hill.

Dame
Susan Lesley Hill
DBE
Born (1955-04-14) 14 April 1955 (age 69)
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Birmingham
OrganizationNational Health Service
Known forChief Scientific Officer for England

Dame Susan Lesley Hill DBE (born 14 April 1955)[1][2] has been the Chief Scientific Officer for England since October 2002.[3]

Professional and academic background

University of Birmingham Medical School

Hill's professional background is as a healthcare scientist in the National Health Service (NHS) specialising in respiratory medicine. She gained a PhD degree in Respiratory Sciences having undertaken a programme of basic science research into the pathogenesis of chronic lung disease at the University of Birmingham. She spent three decades at what is now University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and as an academic at the University of Birmingham Medical School. She has a personal Chair in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham.[4]

After earning her doctorate in pulmonary pathophysiology, she was active in basic and translational research and clinical trials, working with collaborators in the US and Europe, and trained a variety of medical and scientific staff while still providing direct care for patients.[5]

Work within the respiratory community

Hill is Vice-President of the British Lung Foundation having had a long association with the charity since its formation in the early 1980s.[6]

She also established the major international conference for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the biennial COPD conference series, with Professor Robert Stockley of Birmingham University. The two are directors of the conference, which was held in June 2012 in Birmingham.[7]

Department of Health

Hill first started work on initiatives for the Department of Health in the 1990s and led the development of the UK National Occupational Standards for healthcare science.[8] She was appointed to the role of Chief Scientific Officer for England in 2002.

In addition to her role as Chief Scientific Officer, Hill is also Joint National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease at the Department of Health, leading the DH work to improve respiratory care in the NHS.[9]

NHS England

Hill was appointed as the first Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England[10] in February 2013, with the role transferring from the Department of Health following the NHS reforms of 2012. Her role involves providing leadership to the healthcare science profession and expert clinical advice across the entire English health system as well as working with senior clinical leaders both within the NHS England and the broader health commissioning system.[11] She is Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for Genomics at NHS England and also SRO for the Home Oxygen Programme[12]

Honours

She was appointed an OBE in the 2005 Queens' Birthday Honours.[13] She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[14] She was subsequently made a Dame Commander of the same order in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours "[f]or services to the 100,000 Genome Project and to NHS Genomic Medicine".[2]

In 2019 Prof Dame Sue Hill was conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Staffordshire University for her leadership of the scientific workforce within the NHS, her establishment of the CSO WISE Fellowship programme, and her leadership of the 100 000 Genome Project.[15] She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey in 2019.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 29
  2. ^ a b "Supplement No. 1 of Friday 8 June 2018 Birthday Honours List United Kingdom" (PDF). London Gazette. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Professor Sue Hill". Department of Health. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  4. ^ "About the Chief Scientific Officer". Skills for Health. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Extraordinary You" (PDF). Department of Health. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Aston honours achievement in business, science and the arts". Aston University. 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  7. ^ "An international multidisiplinary conference on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Extraordinary You" (PDF). Department of Health. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Department of Health appoints Joint National Clinical Directors for Respiratory Disease". Department of Health. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Appointments". NHS Commissioning Board. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  11. ^ Health, Department of. "NHS Commissioning Board appoints its first Chief Scientific Officer". Department of Health. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Professor Sue Hill". NHS England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2005 recipient lists". BBC News. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Professor Sue Hill". Department of Health. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Professor Dame Sue Hill DBE - Honorary Graduate". Staffordshire University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  16. ^ Laura Butler (11 July 2019). "Honorary doctorates awarded for significant contributions to society". University of Surrey.