Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng (born 17 March 1960) is a British physician, scientist, and clinical pharmacologist who has served as Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology since July 2024. He served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2023. On stepping down, he became chair of the Natural History Museum in London.
From 1986 to 1995, Vallance taught at St George's Hospital Med...