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UCL reports with great sadness the death on 28 November of Jon Driver, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and one of the world’s leading psychologists and neuroscientists.

Professor Sir John Tooke, Vice-Provost (Health) at UCL, has today begun a five year term as President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He takes over from Professor Sir John Bell who retired yesterday having led the Academy to significantly increased prominence and influence.

M Fernanda Amary, Stephen Damato, Dina Halai, Malihe Eskandarpour, Fitim Berisha, Fiona Bonar, Stan McCarthy, Valeria R Fantin, Kimberly S Stralley, Samira Lobo, Will Aston, Claire L Green, Rosemary E Gale, Roberto Tirabosco1, Andrew Futreal, Peter Campbell, Nadège Presneau, Adrienne M Flanagan

Corresponding author: Adrienne M Flanagan (a.flanagan@ucl.ac.uk)
Letter in Nature Genetics – on line 6 November

The Bloomsbury Institute for Pathogen Research (BiPR), a joint venture between UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), was launched this week.

Professor Alimuddin Zumla (UCL Infection & Immunity) has recently received three international prizes for his work combating tuberculosis (TB), a disease that still causes three deaths every minute