Email gcleng@doctors.org.uk

Gillian Leng has had a long career spanning research, evidence synthesis, management, healthcare and the life sciences.

Gillian trained in medicine at Leeds, worked on clinical trials and epidemiological research in Edinburgh, and was a public health consultant in London.  She was an editor of the Cochrane Collaboration, is a trustee and former chair of the Guidelines International Network. Ten years of Gillian’s early career was spent carrying out research into cardiovascular disease, including running several clinical trials.  More recent research interests include studies of adoption and implementation at King’s College London, demonstrating how to change practice.

She spent over 20 years in senior roles at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, becoming only its second Chief Executive.  She published a new 5 year strategy for the organisation aiming to put NICE at the forefront of evaluating new medicines, devices and diagnostics, and delivering dynamic, living guidelines.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• King’s College London, Visiting Professor

• Change Management

• Epidemiology and Public Health
• Evidence-based Medicine
• Policy Development and Healthcare Funding

• Honorary Doctor of Science (University of Leeds)
• MD (University of Leeds)
• MBChB (University of Leeds)
• BSC Class I Physiology (University of Leeds)

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
• Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH)

• Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) UK
• Chief Operating Officer, NHS Evidence, NICE
• Honorary Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Bedfordshire Health Authority
• Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London
• Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh

• Trustee and former chair of the Guidelines International Network

• Commissioner, Global Commission to address societal challenges
• INGUIDE steering committee member

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