1. Dame Susan Lesley Hill was born on 14 April 1955 and has been the Chief Scientific Officer for England since October 2002.
16 Facts About Sue Hill
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Sue Hill 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.
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Sue Hill spent three decades at what is University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and as an academic at the University of Birmingham Medical School.
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Sue Hill has a personal Chair in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham.
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Sue Hill is Vice-President of the British Lung Foundation having had a long association with the charity since its formation in the early 1980s.
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Sue Hill established the major international conference for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the biennial COPD conference series, with Professor Robert Stockley of Birmingham University.
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Sue 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.
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Sue Hill was appointed to the role of Chief Scientific Officer for England in 2002.
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Sue Hill was appointed as the first Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England in February 2013, with the role transferring from the Department of Health following the NHS reforms of 2012.
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Sue Hill's 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.
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Sue Hill is Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics at NHS England and SRO for the Home Oxygen Programme.
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Sue Hill was appointed an OBE in the 2005 Queens' Birthday Honours.
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Sue Hill is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
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Sue Hill was 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".
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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.
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Sue Hill was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey in 2019.