 She has served as President of the World Association of Medical Editors (from January 2000 to December 2001) and Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (from 2004 on) and is co-editor of "Peer Review in Health Sciences".From 2003 to 2005 she was head of BMJ Knowledge.She was editorial director, BioMed Central, Current Science Group

Godlee is a director and member of the board of "BMJ", a founder and board member of the Climate and Health Council and on the executive committee for the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change.She lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.