Jennifer Dixon

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Biographical Information

"Dr Jennifer Dixon joined the Health Foundation as Chief Executive in October 2013. Jennifer was Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust from 2008 to 2013. Prior to this, she was director of policy at The King’s Fund and was the policy advisor to the Chief Executive of the National Health Service between 1998 and 2000. Jennifer has undertaken research and written widely on health care reform both in the UK and internationally...She is currently a trustee of NatCen Social Research and joined the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in July 2013. In addition, Jennifer is a visiting professor at The London School of Economics and Political Sciences, Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2009, Jennifer was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She was awarded a CBE for services to public health in 2013." [1]

"Currently Director of The Nuffield Trust, a charitable research organisation working in the Health sector. Jennifer brings experience of working in a similar research-focused charity and knowledge of the requirements of the Charity Commission, as well as knowledge and experience of social statistics and social policy."

Until January 2008, Jennifer was director of policy at The King’s Fund. She was the policy adviser to the Chief Executive of the National Health Service between 1998 and 2000 and a Harkness Fellow in New York in 1990.

Affiliations

• Trustee, NatCen Social Research