
Saffron Whitehead
(1948-2019)
The Society is greatly saddened to hear of the death on 19 February of Member Saffron Whitehead, an emerita Professor of St George’s, University of London. With a PhD from McMaster University in 1974, she made significant contributions to endocrinology, providing early evidence for how endocrine disrupting chemicals and hormones impact on fertility and cancer. A Society member from 1980, Saffron edited Physiology News (1994-98) and served on Council (1995-99). As well as authoring an acclaimed textbook on clinical endocrinology, she was interviewed and wrote widely for the media on healthcare topics under her married name, Saffron Davies.