Gillian Leng, Lady Cosford | |
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Born | Gillian Catherine Leng |
Education | University of Leeds |
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Relatives | Sir Paul Cosford (spouse) |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician |
Field | Public health |
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Gillian Catherine Leng, Lady Cosford CBE is a British health administrator, academic, visiting professor at King's College London and the former Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), where she was responsible for several programmes and guidelines including the guidelines on COVID-19. In 2024 she became president of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).
She has been involved in the Cochrane collaboration since its foundation, and has worked on clinical trials and epidemiological research in public health medicine. She also teaches at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.