British - Scientist | January 25, 1953 -
When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.
Mark Walport
WorkHealthResilienceUnexpected
I was always taught at medical school that you should never do a test unless you could do something with the result.
MedicalSchoolResultYouTest
There is usually a long interval between important scientific discoveries and impact on human health.
HealthImpactLongImportantHuman
The government is right to recognise the importance of science and technology, but I think it is a mistake to ringfence funds.
TechnologyScienceGovernmentMistake
I am honoured to be appointed as the first chief executive of UKRI. My ambition is to make UKRI the world's leading research and innovation public funding agency.
InnovationI AmResearchAmbition
I look forward to working closely with the Research Councils, Innovate UK, and Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), as we work together to create UKRI. I also look forward to working closely with all of our research and innovation communities to provide a strong and coherent voice for U.K. science and innovation.
WorkEducationInnovationScience
Science, engineering, and technology have transformed the infrastructure of the modern world and have a vital role to play at the heart of policy making.
TechnologyHeartScienceWorldPlay
It seems paradoxical that, as medical scientists make huge advances in discovering the mechanisms of common diseases, fewer and fewer innovative drugs are reaching the market.
MedicalSeemsCommonMarketMake
We all want our drugs to be safe - and so an essential part of the pathway to the development of a new drug is approval by a regulator.
NewWantDevelopmentSafePathway
The principle of treating cancer is to kill the abnormally dividing cells. Many drugs achieve this in a relatively unselective way, killing any cell that is dividing.
AchieveWayCancerCellsPrinciple
Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.
Common SenseChooseSkillsJudgment
Banks and credit agencies learn continuously about the purchases we make. This is convenient and diminishes the risk of theft. It also means that banks can know more about our lifestyle than our close relatives.
LearnCreditKnowLifestyleRisk
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Mark Walport quotes