Professor Julie Williams CBE

Biography

Professor Julie Williams was Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales from September 2013 to September 2017.

Professor Williams is a leading researcher into Alzheimer’s disease. She is head of the Neurodegeneration section of the Medical Research Council Centre on Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; and a former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Alzheimer’s Research Trust.

She was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours list 2012 for her contribution to Alzheimer’s disease research.