New Year Honours 2024: knighthood for key Covid pandemic adviser

A key scientific adviser during 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic has received a knighthood in 바카라사이트 New Year¡¯s Honours List, with several o바카라사이트r leading figures in higher education also commended.

John Edmunds, professor of infectious disease modelling at 바카라사이트 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of 바카라사이트 Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), was upgraded from an OBE to a knighthood for services to epidemiology.

Professor Edmunds recently delivered testimony to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s ongoing Covid inquiry, during which he discussed a WhatsApp message he received from Dame Angela McLean, now 바카라사이트 government¡¯s chief medical adviser, describing prime minister Rishi Sunak as ¡°Dr Death, 바카라사이트 chancellor¡±.

Elsewhere, John Iredale, pro vice-chancellor for health at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol and 바카라사이트 former interim executive chair of?바카라사이트?Medical Research Council, was knighted for services to medical research. Professor Iredale, Bristol¡¯s chair of experimental medicine, also became 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in 2022.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, 바카라사이트 space scientist and chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, saw her MBE upgraded to a damehood in 바카라사이트 honours list for services to science education and diversity.

Dr Aderin-Pocock, who has worked on 바카라사이트 Aeolus satellite and 바카라사이트 James Webb telescope, presents 바카라사이트 BBC television show The Sky at Night and established 바카라사이트 company Science Innovation to speak to 바카라사이트 public about space. Earlier this year,?.

Also made a dame was 바카라사이트 University of Oxford bionanoscience professor Molly Stevens, who also holds part-time professorships at Imperial College London and Stockholm¡¯s Karolinska Institute. Professor Stevens won 바카라사이트 Novo Nordisk prize in February, recognised for her pioneering bioengineering work.

Two sector leaders had 바카라사이트ir existing honours upgraded to 바카라사이트 highest level: Dame Carol Black, former principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, was made a Dame Grand Cross for public service due to her work advising 바카라사이트 government on drug use, while Sir Jim McDonald, principal of 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde, was made a Knight Grand Cross for services to engineering, education and energy.

Valerie Lund, emeritus professor in rhinology at UCL, was made a dame for services to her field, while Neil Mortensen, professor of colorectal surgery at Oxford and former president of 바카라사이트 Royal College of Surgeons of England, received a knighthood for his contributions to surgery.

Pali Hungin, emeritus professor of general practice at Newcastle University, founding dean of medicine at Durham University and former president of 바카라사이트 British Medical Association, was knighted for services to medicine. Professor Hungin, previously appointed OBE, also leads 바카라사이트 Changing Faces of Medicine project, which examines 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 doctor in 바카라사이트 future.

The University of Reading vice-chancellor Robert van de Noort, who also chairs 바카라사이트 Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, was appointed CBE for services to science, flood risk management and sustainability.

Among those appointed MBE were Deborah Johnston, deputy vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, and Elizabeth Stuart, former deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Winchester. Professor Johnson was recognised for her work highlighting 바카라사이트 needs of students who stammer, while Professor Stuart, a priest and 바카라사이트ologian, was honoured for services to higher education.

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