Professor Philip Evans. GP & Primary Care, Exeter University
Professor Philip Evans MPhil FRCGP FHEA is an academic GP and until recently Senior Partner in St Leonard’s Practice in Exeter, Devon (where he practised as a GP for 31 years). He is the NIHR Clinical Research Network Specialty Cluster Lead for Primary Care, Mental Health, Public Health, Social Care and Dermatology based at Kings College in London.
Philip is also the NIHR CRN National Specialty Lead for Primary Care. He is an Honorary Reader, School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences, King’s College London.
He is also Associate Professor in General Practice & Primary Care in the University of Exeter, College of Medicine and Health. Philip has had a life-long research interest in personal care and continuity of care in general practice.
His generic research interests include chronic disease research such as cardiovascular disease, early diagnosis of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, and the remission of type 2 diabetes.