CEU CHIEF AWARDED PROFESSORSHIP

Since 1998 the College has been working in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to understand better the quality of surgical care in the UK, through our Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU). Now the unit has gained further recognition through the promotion of key staff by the LSHTM as Jan van der Meulen, CEU head, has been appointed professor of clinical epidemiology (a new chair) and David Cromwell promoted to senior lecturer in health services research. To mark this, I interviewed Jan on the achievements of the department and on what challenges lie ahead.