Vice Provost’s View: Improving health and wellbeing 2019

Through our research we work together to improve lives and communities and create real world impact, addressing some of the world's toughest challenges, writes David Lomas, Vice Provost (Health). As we head towards the end of the year (and the close of voting in the #MadeAtUCL campaign ), I'd like to use this Vice Provost View to highlight some of the work that has taken place in health and life sciences over the last year that will translate into direct societal benefit. Many advances stem from perspectives gained by combining insight from different disciplines. This is something the UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences does particularly well and will continue to exploit, linking to other Faculties within UCL and beyond. Our commitment to intra-institutional initiatives was demonstrated by the appointment of Alan Thompson and Geraint Rees as Pro Vice-Provosts for London and Artificial Intelligence respectively. These roles are crucial to the pursuit of our 2034 ambitions and I'm excited to see these activities led and coordinated by colleagues with such drive and vision. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).