Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust
Health and Social Care Committee Oral evidence: Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak, HC 36 Tuesday 21 July 2020 Ordered by the House of Commons to be published on 21 July 2020. Watch the meeting Members present: Jeremy Hunt (Chair); Paul Bristow; Rosie Cooper; Dr James Davies; Dr Luke Evans; Neale Hanvey; Barbara Keeley; Taiwo Owatemi; Sarah Owen; Dean Russell; Laura Trott. Greg Clark attended the Committee. Questions 563 - 658 Witnesses I: Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Chair of Medicine, Oxford University; Professor Sir Paul Nurse, Chief Executive and Director, Francis Crick Institute; Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh University; and Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust. II: Dr Jenny Harries, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Department of Health and Social Care; Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, and Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care for England; and Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England. Examination of witnesses Witnesses: Professor Sir John Bell, Professor Sir Paul Nurse, Professor Sridhar and Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar. Q563 Chair: Welcome to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee. Today we are focusing on the next steps in managing the coronavirus outbreak. I am delighted that we have Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, and his deputies Dr Jenny Harries and Professor Jonathan Van-Tam. Before we hear from them, we are going to hear from some other important scientific voices. We give a particular welcome to our first panel. Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar is director of the Wellcome Trust and listed as an adviser on the Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee, SAGE.
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