Professor Chris Whitty

Chief Scientific Adviser & Director Research and Evidence Division, Department for International Development (DFID)

Professor

Chris Whitty was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Research at DFID in March 2009.

He is a qualified medical doctor with postgraduate training in epidemiology, economics and law.

In addition to his DFID role, Professor Whitty is professor of international health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
 
He has been involved in clinical, social and economic research in Afghanistan, Ghana, Malawi, Pakistan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen. 



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