Terence Stephenson

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Sir Terence Stephenson

FRCP
Born
Terence John Stephenson

December 1957 (age 66) [1]
Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Education University of Bristol
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
University of Nottingham
Known forChair of the Health Research Authority
Medical career
Profession Doctor
Field Paediatrics

Sir Terence John Stephenson, FRCP (born December 1957) is a Northern Irish consultant paediatric doctor and chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA). He is also the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at University College London (UCL). Stephenson was most notable for guiding the RCPCH in agreeing 10 published national standards, Facing the Future: Standards for Paediatric Services. This was the first time the College committed publicly to a defined set of standards for all children receiving inpatient care or assessment across the UK. [2] [3]

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Early life

He was born in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [4] He was educated at Larne Grammar School. [5] He attended the University of Bristol, Imperial College London, University of Oxford and University of Nottingham. [6]

Career

He was formerly Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Child Health at the University of Nottingham from 2003−2009. [7] In 2009 he became the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. [8] He was President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from April 2009 until May 2012. He then took up the role of chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in July 2012. [6]

He became a member of the GMC council in 2009. [6] In September 2014 it was announced that he would become the chair of the GMC, succeeding Peter Rubin on 1 January 2015. [9] [10]

In October 2014 it was announced that he had been appointed as a panel member for the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. [11]

In September 2019 he was appointed Chair of the Health Research Authority, succeeding Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery. [12]

In April 2020 he was appointed as a Vice-President of The Academy of Experts.

He has co-authored textbooks, written invited chapters and editorials, and published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals. [7] He has been described as leading by example. [13]

Throughout 2021 and 2022 Stephenson researched the effects of COVID-19 on British teenagers in a UK-based study named CLoCk (Children & young people with Long Covid). [14] [15]

Awards and honours

By March 2016, ten honorary Fellowships had been bestowed on Stephenson from colleges based in the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and Australia. [16] [17] In November 2014 he received an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of General Practitioners. [4] In May 2015 he was elected a fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine. [18] Stephenson was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Healthcare and Children’s Health Services. [19]

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Preceded by
Patricia Hamilton
 President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
2009 to 2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir Neil Douglas
 Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
2012 to 2015		Succeeded by
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