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Health and wellbeing
Overview
Improved medical technologies have contributed to increased life expectancy around the world, but an ageing and increasingly global population brings new challenges for science to address.
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A healthy future
A report from the AMS and the Royal Society summarises evidence of how climate change mitigation actions could promote human health.
People and the planet
A major study investigating the links between global population and consumption, and the implications for a finite planet.
Genetic technologies
We conducted a public dialogue on genetic technologies: how they can and might be applied in agriculture, in industry, to conserve biodiversity and to improve health.
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- Synthetic biology and gain of function
- Personalised medicine
- Human enhancement and the future of work
- Neuroscience, society and policy
- Global population and consumption
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Drug Resistance in Infectious Agents
Royal Society statement with other G8 member states and science academies as an input to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland in June 2013.
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Statement on Ebola
The Royal Society called on the UK Government to take action on antibiotic resistance, tropical diseases, and the future of the ocean ahead of the G7 summit.
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Sackler Forum: Trends in synthetic biology and gain of function and regulatory implications
A summary of a meeting on synthetic biology and gain of function, held in partnership with the US National Academy of Sciences.
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Recent developments in personalised medicine
This short report summarises progress that has been made in some aspects of the field of personalised medicine since the publication in 2005 of the Society’s report Personalised Medicine: Hopes and Realities.
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Human enhancement and the future of work
This joint project explored potential enhancements arising from advances in science and engineering that are likely to impact on the future of work.
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Neuroscience, society and policy
A report in the Brain Waves project which reviews the state of development of neuroscience and neurotechnology and discuss the translation of this knowledge into useful applications.
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People and the Planet
This project was a major study investigating the links between global population and consumption, and the implications for a finite planet.
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Dame Sally Davies GCB FMedSci FRS
Elected 2014
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Dame Sally Davies GCB FMedSci FRS
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- Elected:2014
- Master, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Dame Sally Davies
Dame Sally Davies is Chief Medical Officer for England — the first woman to hold this post — and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health.
As a clinician with a background in research, she strives to achieve both a patient-focused and evidence-based approach to health-related policy making.
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