¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff recognised in New Year Honours 2016
6 January 2016
Congratulations to the members of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº community who have been recognised in the 2016 New Year Honours list.
Current ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff with honours conferred this year are:
- Professor Georgina Mace (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Genetics, Evolution & Environment and Director of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research) - DBE for services to science.
- Professor Henrietta Moore (Director, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute for Global Prosperity) - DBE for services to social sciences.
- Dr Michael Jacobs (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Infection & Immunity) - Knights Bachelor for services to the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
- Professor Wendy Carlin (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Economics) - CBE for services to economics and public finance.
- Dr Sue Black (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Computer Science) - OBE for services to technology.
- Dr Daniel Martin (Director, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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 ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Slade School of Fine Art, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº PDIP 1966 and Honorary Fellow) - CBE for services to Art.
- Elizabeth Jamieson (Lately Head of Student Dyslexia Services at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº) - MBE for services to students with dyslexia and dyspraxia in UK Higher Education.
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº alumni, fellows, honorary degree holders and donors represented in this year's list include:
- Linda Homer (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº LLB 1978, former ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff member) - DBE for public service particularly to public finance.
- Professor David Compston (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº MBBS 1971) - CBE for services to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment.
- Edward Davis (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº GCERT 2007) - OBE for services to Ebola crisis response in West Africa.
- Daniel Peltz (Trustee, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute of Jewish Studies) - OBE for philanthropic and charitable services.
- Dr Alan Wilson (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº MSc Pharmacy, 1981) - OBE for services to the quality and safety of healthcare in wales.
- Alice Lester (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº MPhil Town Planning 1986) - MBE for services to planning.
- Anne Seymour (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº MBBS 1959) - MBE for services to asylum seekers and refugees in South Tyneside.