Professor Andrew Morris is the inaugural Director of Health Data Research UK . He is Professor of Medicine, and Vice Principal of Data Science at the University of Edinburgh, and an honorary consultant physician in NHS Lothian. Professor Morris was elected as the President of the Academy of Medical Sciences in April 2024.

Prior to moving to Edinburgh in 2014 where he was the inaugural Director of the Usher Institute, Professor Morris was Dean of Medicine at the University of Dundee and Chief Scientist at the Scottish Government (2012-2017). He has served and chaired numerous national grant committees and Governmental bodies including major programmes at MRC, Wellcome, NIHR, Diabetes UK and Scottish Government COVID-19, and internationally in Singapore, Australia, WHO, US and Canada.

Research led by Professor Morris is directed towards achieving high performing health systems through innovation in data science, enhancing patient safety and the quality of healthcare. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed research papers to date and led major research programmes totalling >£250M including Generation Scotland and the Scottish Health Informatics Programme. In recognition of his achievements Professor Morris has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Medal. He was awarded a CBE for his services to science in 2018