Angela Douglas

Angela is an Inspirational leader with a demonstrated history of working previously in the NHS for over 42 years, as DCSO and in Genetics and Genomics, as the Scientific Director of a Regional Genomics Service and Clinical Programme Director of the NW Coast Genomic Medicine Centre.

She retired from the post of the Deputy Chief Scientific Officer (DCSO) for NHS England in October 2023, after holding the position for 5 yrs. Angela is now the President of BIVDA having taken up this role in December 2023. She is an influential, collaborative team leader with a proven record in Clinical Research, Medical Education, Mentoring and Coaching, in Life Sciences.

Angela has a strong financial acumen and is a strategic leadership expert. She is passionate about quality assurance, safety and regulation in Science and in particular Genetics and Genomics, her area of expertise. She graduated from University College London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and an honorary Fellow of the Academy for Healthcare Science.

She had the pleasure of being the President of the BSGM, Chairman of the RCPath Genetics and Reproductive Medicines Specialist Advisory Committee and was RCPath’s Scientific Lead before taking on the role of DCSO.

In 2014, Angela was named as one of HSJ’s top 50 Inspirational Women. In 2015, she was awarded NHS Healthcare Scientist of the Year, and in 2016, was honoured in Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for Research and Mentoring Students.

In 2019, she was included in the Pathologist Power list as one of the top 100 trailblazers. In 2021, Angela was delighted to be approved as an Honorary Fellow of IPEM. In 2022 her leadership journey was published in Snapshots of Women in COG. In 2023, the AHCS again recognised her contribution to education and training with a second Fellowship.

In 2023, Angela was nominated as a Woman of the Year by the Women Leaders Network. Angela is an inclusive, compassionate and kind leader with a broad experience of working across the healthcare system, and in all her endeavours strives to bring out the best in all those she works with.