Name Vivienne Parry | Role Journalist | |
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Books The Truth about Hormones, The Real Pregnancy Guide | ||
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Vivienne Mary Hunt Parry, OBE (born Vivienne Mary Hunt Mills on 4 June 1956 in Portsmouth) is a science journalist and author, currently employed as Head of Engagement at Genomics England. She is most well known for presenting BBC TV science programme Tomorrow's World and Panorama. She is also a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper's online presence.
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- Human organs debate vivienne parry opposition
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- Early life
- Career
- Television
- Radio
- Author
- Personal life
- Publications
- References
Vivienne parry obe national science engineering competition
Early life
She was educated at St Swithun's School, Winchester, an independent girls' school.
She studied Zoology at Bedford College (London) graduating with a BSc in 1978, majoring in immunology and genetics which she took at University College, London.
Career
Her first job was as National Organiser of the mother and baby charity Birthright, the appeal arm of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 1979-94. She worked closely with the charity's Patron, HRH The Princess of Wales for 12 years.
She was briefly a Trustee of the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
She is Vice Chairman of Council of UCL and a member of Council of the Medical Research Council since 2009.
Parry received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2012
Television
In 1994, she became a presenter of the BBC TV science programme Tomorrow's World and also reported for Panorama. She left the programme in 1997.
Radio
Vivienne has presented a number of science-based radio shows, including most notably all eight series of Am I normal? and Inside the Ethics Committee. She also presents and writes many other radio programs, including programs for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 3.
Author
Her book The Truth About Hormones, published in January 2009, was nominated for the 2006 Aventis Science Prize (now called the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books).
Personal life
She married Paul Parry in 1978 in Hampshire. They divorced in 2007 and have two sons. She married Tim Joss in 2012.
Parry was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the public understanding of science.