Professor Carol Tannahill OBE

Professor Carol Tannahill OBE, Co-Vice Chair, had a long career in public health and has contributed to many international, national and local public health policy and strategy developments. She was founding Director of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, a research and development organisation focussed on tackling health inequalities. For seven years until her retiral in September 2021 she was the Chief Social Policy Adviser in Scottish Government.

A Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Social Sciences, she holds an honorary professorial appointment with the University of Glasgow and in 2018 was appointed OBE for services to public health.