Fiona Carragher

Chief Executive at Kidney Research UK

Fiona is Chief Executive at Kidney Research UK, an organisation with the ambition to support a future where everyone can live free from kidney disease.

Prior to that, she was the Chief Policy and Research Officer at Alzheimer's Society, where she played a pivotal role in the Society's vision to create a world without dementia: leading their world-class research programme and striving to strengthen their position as the national charity leader on dementia health and social care policy.

A Consultant Clinical Biochemist by background, Fiona has worked in multi-professional teams for two decades at a range of large hospitals, including the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edinburgh) and Kings College Hospital (London), with a focus on providing high quality, innovative services.

Prior to joining the Society, Fiona was the Deputy Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England. Here, she provided leadership for 50,000 healthcare science professionals, and expert advice to the health system on science, innovation, and diagnostics - most notably in establishing the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics programme and the system wide Action Plan on Hearing Loss.

Fiona is a passionate advocate for women in health and led the establishment of the first Women in Science and Engineering fellowship programme in the NHS.

She has also joined the board of Kent and Medway Health and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust as a Non-Executive Director.

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