Ref: NICE 2000/024 Issued: 24 July 2000
Dr Rod Taylor, Head of Technology Appraisals at the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, will be leaving the Institute at the end of October to take up a Senior Lecturer post in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Birmingham. The Department is one of the Institute's partner organisations.
Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of NICE, said: “Rod has played an important role in helping to establish NICE and in leading the development of the technology appraisal programme.”
“The Institute is very grateful for his contribution and we wish him every success in his new post.” Ends
Dr Taylor added: "My move to Birmingham, as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Birmingham enables me to continue my academic career in one of NICE's partner organisations. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to have been involved in the establishment of NICE and I wish the organisation and its staff well.
I am looking forward to collaborating with the Institute in the future."
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