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Dame Carol Black

Professor Dame Carol Black is the National Director for Health and Work, Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Chairman of the Nuffield Trust, and maintains a deep interest in both the clinical and research aspects of connective tissue diseases.

Spearheaded by Carol Black as National Director, ‘Health, Work and Wellbeing’ is a joint initiative across government to improve the health and well-being of working age people.

Prior to taking up her position as National Director, Carol Black was President of the Royal College of Physicians (2002 – 2006). She remains Chair of the UK Health Honours Committee, a member of the Council of the GMC and a member of the Board of the British Cardiovascular Society. In addition, she is non-executive director of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and a member of the Board of Governors of the Health Foundation.

In 2002 Dame Carol was awarded the CBE for her work on systemic sclerosis and in 2005 she was awarded the DBE for her services to medicine.