Carol M. Black

Professor Dame Carol M. Black (DBE, PRCP, MACP, FMedSci) was President of the Royal College of Physicians between 2002 and 2006 She is Professor of Rheumatology at the Royal Free and University College Medical School.

She is Director for Health and Work and holds four degrees from the University of Bristol.

Dame Carol has a special interest in connective tissue diseases and runs the major clinical and basic research centre in Europe for scleroderma and related disorders.

She is a member of the Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a member of the Post Graduate Medical Education & Training Board, Vice Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, a Governor of the Health Foundation and the Picker Institute.

She is also the Non-Executive Director of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

In June 2007 she will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Glasgow.