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Elections to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences – Giampietro Schiavo and John Diffley
Submitted by goodwi02 on Tue, 05/07/2011 - 13:05
Congratulations to John Diffley and Giampietro Schiavo on their election as fellows to the Academy of Medical Sciences. Fellows are elected for outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical science and innovative application of scientific knowledge…
Many congratulations to Giampietro Schiavo (Molecular Neuropathobiology, LIF) and John Diffley (Deputy Director LRI, Chromosome Replication, Clare Hall) on being elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Academy Fellows are elected for outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical science, for innovative application of scientific knowledge or for their conspicuous service to healthcare.
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| John Diffley |
The Academy promotes advances in medical science and campaigns to ensure these are converted into healthcare benefits for society. Its mission is to ensure better healthcare through the rapid application of research to the practice of medicine. Fellows are therefore central to the Academy’s work.
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| Giampietro Schiavo |
Gipi commented ,“I am delighted and honoured to have been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. It is a wonderful recognition of the work performed by the past and present members of my team, and the scientific environment and support provided by the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute”.
The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy at a ceremony on Wednesday 29 June 2011.
5 of our other medical researchers were also elected;
- Professor Douglas Altman FMedSci, Director of the Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group, University of Oxford
- Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FMedSci, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge
- Professor Margaret Frame FMedSci, Professor of Cancer Biology and Director of Centre for Cancer Research, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh Professor Bart Vanhaesebroeck FMedSci, Professor of Cell Signalling and Centre Lead, Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL
- Professor Herbie Newell FMedSci, Professor of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Newcastle
