Julian is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, a post he has held since 1993. Between 2003 and 200, he was a senior Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Julian is a Founding Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, and a Trustee of the Kings Fund. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) by the University of Sussex. In 2007 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is currently chairman of Health England. Julian is the author, co-author or editor of eighteen books, the author of over 100 articles and writes regularly for the national and international press.