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My Take
What strikes me about Patrick Vallance isn't just the stacked credentials, the fellowships, the knighthood, the Royal Society. It's that he carried scientific rigor into the messy, high-stakes arena of public decision-making as chief scientific adviser. I respect researchers who refuse to hide in the lab and instead shoulder responsibility when the stakes are real and the noise is loud. Translating complex evidence into calm, usable guidance during turbulent times is genuinely hard work, and undervalued. People like him are part of why institutions hold together at all, and I think that deserves more recognition than it usually gets.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Vallance
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ヴァランス
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・ゔぁらんす
- Born
- March 17, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Essex, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- physician / pharmacologist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of London
Awards & achievements
- 1999 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1995 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
- 1996 Goulstonian Lectures
- 2019 Knight Bachelor
- 2022 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- 2017 Fellow of the Royal Society
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Vallance
Frequently asked questions
When was Patrick Vallance born?
Born March 17, 1960 (age 66).
Where is Patrick Vallance from?
Patrick Vallance is from Essex, United Kingdom.
What does Patrick Vallance do?
Patrick Vallance works as physician, pharmacologist, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.