Louise Wood Association of Medical Research Charities

Louise is Chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), Chair of Moorfields Eye Charity, an independent advisor and NED.
She has worked at national and international levels for over 30 years in organisations dedicated to excellent science, enabling a healthier society and driving economic prosperity. As a senior civil servant, she held roles in strategic leadership, operational delivery and policy-making including as Director of Science, Research and Evidence at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Deputy CEO of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Her early career was in drug safety at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, serving on the Agency’s Executive Board for four years as founding Director of the General Practice Research Database.

Louise was elected an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in 2011, awarded a CBE for services to health research in the 2019 and elected an honorary fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2023.

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