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Ms Vivienne Parry, OBE (Vice Chair) (7)

Lay member of Council – since 2005

Ms Parry was educated at Bedford College, University of London and UCL. She was National Organiser for Birthright (now WellBeing of Women) from 1979 to 1994. She has worked as a presenter and reporter for BBC TV, including Tomorrow's World (1994-97) and Panorama, and as a News of the World columnist (1998-2002), and has been a Trustee of the Diana Memorial Fund and a lay member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Ms Parry is currently a freelance writer and author specialising in science and health. She writes for many publications, including The Times, The Guardian, and The Mail on Sunday. Her books include The Truth About Hormones. Notable work as a broadcaster has included Inside the Ethics Committee and ‘Am I normal? for Radio 4. Ms Parry is currently a Council member of the Medical Research Council (since 2008) and a Board member of the Science Media Centre (since 2003). She was elected Vice-Chair of UCL Council in 2008.