Professor Lucy Chappell is Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and CEO of the NIHR. She has overall responsibility for DHSC research and development and for supporting the Department's analysis.

Lucy is also Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London, Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and President of the Blair Bell Research Society. She is an NIHR Senior Investigator and a former NIHR Research Professor, and was previously a member of the NIHR HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials Board.