Michael Rawlins

Michael David Rawlins
Sir Michael Rawlins in 2010
Born	(1941-03-28)28 March 1941
Nationality	British
Occupation	Chair of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
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Professor Sir Michael Rawlins FMedSci is the chair of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. He took up post formally from 1 December 2014 and his appointment will be for three years. He is also currently Chairman of UK Biobank.

He is an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

He was Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) from 1999 to 2013. He was President of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2012 to 2014.

Rawlins obtained his undergraduate medical degree at St Thomas' Hospital, graduating in 1965. His post-graduate training in clinical pharmacology and general medicine was completed at St Thomas' and the Hammersmith hospitals, with a year at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

From 1973 to 2006, Rawlins was the Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Newcastle University where he undertook research into the safety and efficacy of new and established pharmacological treatments. At the same time he was consultant physician to the Newcastle University Hospitals where he practised clinical pharmacology and general internal medicine.

He became a member of the Committee on Safety of Medicines in 1980, was vice-chair from 1987 to 1992 and served as chair from 1993 to 1998. He was appointed chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 1998 and served until 2008. He was the Chair of NICE from its foundation (as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) in 1999 until April 2013. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Incentives for Global Health, the not-for-profit behind the Health Impact Fund.