Science & Society returns with another exciting speaker.

Director of Health Data Research UK, Professor Andrew Morris CBE joins us for the next lecture in the Science and Society lecture series 2026.

In this lecture, Professor Andrew Morris will explore how we can gear an entire country for health care, research and innovation.

Professor Andrew Morris CBE, MB ChB, MSc, MD, FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glas), FRSE, PMedSci is the inaugural Director of Health Data Research UK. He is Professor of Medicine, and Vice Principal of Data Science at the University of Edinburgh, and an honorary consultant physician in NHS Lothian. Professor Morris was elected as the President of the Academy of Medical Sciences in April 2024. In early 2025, Andrew joined the Board of Trustees at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s lead public sector research and development agency.

Andrew was Chief Scientist at the Scottish Government Health Directorate (2012-2017) and has served and chaired numerous national and international grant committees and Governmental bodies.

His research interests span informatics and chronic diseases. He has published over 350 original papers.

Andrew was previously Governor of the Health Foundation (2009-2017), a leading UK charity that supports quality improvement in health care, and chaired the Informatics Board at UCLPartners, London (2014-2017). In 2007 he co-founded Aridhia Informatics, which uses high performance computing and analytics in health care.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Andrew was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2018.

Andrew was awarded The Royal Society of Edinburgh Medal on the authority of Her Majesty the Queen which recognises exceptional achievement in science, academia and public engagement in 2023.

Following the lecture there will be a drinks reception for all.

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