November 2006
AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS & HONOURS
ABC-CLIO Vicky Speck Memorial Leadership Award: Anthony Watkinson (UCL School of Library, Archive & Information Studies)
Council of Royal Physicians Member: Professor Linda Luxon (UCL Institute of Child Health)
Erasmus Prize Foundation Research Prize: Dr Bleda During (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
European Molecular Biology Organization Member: Professor Salvador Moncada (UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research)
'Financial Times' and Aviva 'Thought Leader': Professor Bill McGuire (Benfield-UCL Hazard Research Centre)
'International Journal of Pediatric Obesity' Editorial Board: Dr Catherine Law and Professor Tim Cole (UCL Institute of Child Health)
Leverhulme Trust 2006 Philip Leverhulme Prizes: Dr Daniel Feltham (UCL Earth Sciences), Dr Maria Loh (UCL History of Art) and Dr Andrei Yafaev (UCL Mathematics)
Minerva Foundation Golden Brain Award for 2007: Professor Ray Dolan (UCL Institute of Neurology), in recognition of his contributions to the study of the emotional brain
Morgan Stanley 2006 Great Britons Awards Science & Innovation category nominees: Professor Geoff Raisman (UCL Spinal Repair Unit) and Dr Paul Brennan (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering); Public Life category nominee: Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health)
Museum Documentation Association Board of Directors: Dr Suzanne Keene (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Museums, Libraries & Archives Regional Agency (East Midlands) Chair: Dr Helen Forde (UCL School of Library, Archive & Information Studies)
National Health Service Innovations Award ICT/Software Category: Dr Stewart Boyd, Alan Worley and Ralph Smith (UCL Institute of Child Health)
Royal Society of Medicine Clinical Neurosciences Section President-Elect: Professor Linda Luxon (UCL Institute of Child Health)
Sense about Science Voice of Young Science Media Workshop Panellist: Dr Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry)
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Council Member: Dr Andrew Gardner (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
University of California, Berkeley Visiting Professors: Professor Michael Martin and Dr Véronique Munoz-Dardé (UCL Philosophy)
UCL AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS & HONOURS
Inaugural UCL Business Award: Professor Arne Akbar, Dr Peter Amlot and Professor George Janossy (UCL Immunology & Molecular Pathology), for research into therapeutic monoclonal antibodies
UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies Chair of Facility & Environment Management: Dr Alexi Marmot (Alexi Marmot Associates), with effect from 1 January 2007