Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff recognised in New Year Honours 2016
6 January 2016
Congratulations to the members of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê community who have been recognised in the 2016 New Year Honours list.
Current Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff with honours conferred this year are:
- Professor Georgina Mace (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Genetics, Evolution & Environment and Director of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research) - DBE for services to science.
- Professor Henrietta Moore (Director, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Global Prosperity) - DBE for services to social sciences.
- Dr Michael Jacobs (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Infection & Immunity) - Knights Bachelor for services to the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
- Professor Wendy Carlin (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Economics) - CBE for services to economics and public finance.
- Dr Sue Black (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Computer Science) - OBE for services to technology.
- Dr Daniel Martin (Director, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Altitude, Space & Extreme Environment Medicine) - OBE for services to the prevention of infectious diseases.
Emeritus, Visiting and former staff with honours conferred are:
- Professor Phyllida Barlow (Emeritus Professor Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Slade School of Fine Art, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê PDIP 1966 and Honorary Fellow) - CBE for services to Art.
- Elizabeth Jamieson (Lately Head of Student Dyslexia Services at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê) - MBE for services to students with dyslexia and dyspraxia in UK Higher Education.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê alumni, fellows, honorary degree holders and donors represented in this year's list include:
- Linda Homer (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê LLB 1978, former Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff member) - DBE for public service particularly to public finance.
- Professor David Compston (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê MBBS 1971) - CBE for services to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment.
- Edward Davis (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê GCERT 2007) - OBE for services to Ebola crisis response in West Africa.
- Daniel Peltz (Trustee, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Jewish Studies) - OBE for philanthropic and charitable services.
- Dr Alan Wilson (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê MSc Pharmacy, 1981) - OBE for services to the quality and safety of healthcare in wales.
- Alice Lester (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê MPhil Town Planning 1986) - MBE for services to planning.
- Anne Seymour (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê MBBS 1959) - MBE for services to asylum seekers and refugees in South Tyneside.