Ray Fitzpatrick is Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford.  Prior to moving to Oxford in 1986, he was a lecturer in the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London and from 1975-78 a research officer, Department of Neurological Sciences, St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School.  He was a member of Council, MRC, 1998-2003 and served as panel member or chair in the Research Assessment Exercises of 2001 and 2008. He is a Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences.

Ray’s research is focused on health services research, especially evaluating outcomes of interventions, whether through trials or other study designs and with a focus on interventions for long term conditions. He directs a programme of research for the Department of Health on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).

He is Director, NIHR Health Services Research Programme and Chair, Scientific Committee, National Prevention Research Initiative. During 2008 and 2009, he chaired the Public Health Research Board, Office of Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR).