Dr Jennifer Dixon has researched and written widely on health care reform in the UK and internationally. She trained originally in medicine, practicing mainly paediatric medicine, before a career in policy analysis. She has a Masters in public health and a Ph.D. in health services research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Until January 2008, Jennifer was director of policy at The King’s Fund. She was a Harkness Fellow in New York in 1990, studying the obstacles to comprehensive health reform in the U.S., and was the policy advisor to the Chief Executive of the National Health Service between 1998 and 2000.

She is currently a board member of the Audit Commission and NatCen Social Research. She is visiting professor at The London School of Economics, Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2009, Jennifer was elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.