UK New Year Honours, 2022
Posted on: Saturday 1 January 2022
Author: FPM
The UK New Year Honours List 2022 features many individuals from the pharmaceutical and wider medical communities who have played key roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the selected honourees are listed below. We would like to congratulate all honourees for their richly deserved recognition.
Knights Commander of the Order of Bath
Sir Patrick Vallance, UK Government Chief Scientific Advisor
Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Dame Jennifer Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
Dame June Raine, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Knights Bachelor
Sir Francis Atherton, Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
Some other notable awardees include:
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
Sir Paul Nurse
OBEs
Nira Chamberlain OBE, President, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Dr Julia Thompson OBE, AstraZeneca’s executive director, biopharmaceutical development, research and development
Dr Ruth March OBE, AstraZeneca’s senior vice president, precision medicine and biosamples, research and development
CBE
Professor Peter Openshaw, Imperial College, London