Chancellor's Award winners
Winners of The Chancellor's Awards
2023 Chancellor's Award winners
- Outstanding Contribution Award
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Dr. Lorraine Kerr, Senior Strategic Partnership Manager in Edinburgh Innovations
- Research Award
- Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones, Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry
- Rising Star Award
- Dr. Deval Desai, Lecturer in International Economic Law, Edinburgh Law School
- Teaching Award
- Dr. Jeni Harden, the Reader based in the Usher Institute
Chancellor's Awards 2023 - staff news article
2022 Chancellor's Award winners
- Outstanding Contribution Award
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Dr Lisa Kendall, Director of Academic & Student Administration in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Research Award
- Professor Kenneth Baillie, holds a Personal Chair in Experimental Medicine, Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub in the Centre for Inflammation Research
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Georgia Cole, Chancellor’s Fellow in Social Work, School of Social and Political Science
- Teaching Award
- Dr Ross Galloway, Director of Teaching, and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy
Chancellor's Awards 2022 - staff news article
2021 Chancellor's Award winners
- Outstanding Contribution Award*
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Lyndsay Wilkie, Director of Business Development and Occupancy in Accommodation, Catering and Events , Corporate Services Group
- Research Award
- Professor Aziz Sheik, Chair of Primary Care Research, Director of the Usher Institute and Dean for Data
- Rising Star Award
- Dr. Dave O’Brien, Chancellor’s Fellow in the Cultural and Creative Industries based in Edinburgh College of Art
- Teaching Award
- Professor Tim Stratford, Director of Learning and Teaching in the School of Engineering
- * this year the former Impact Award criteria were revised and the award renamed 'Outstanding Contribution Award' to reflect its wider reach to include any staff group who would not previously have been considered under the research and teaching criteria.
Chancellor's Awards 2021 - staff Bulletin article
2020 Chancellor's Award winners
- Impact Award
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Professor Michael Eddleston, Personal Chair in Clinical Toxicology, Centre for Cardiovascular Science
- Research Award
- Professor Chris Speed, Chair of Design Informatics in Edinburgh College of Art
- Rising Star Award - joint winners
- Dr Ewa Luger is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Digital Arts and Humanities, Edinburgh College of Art
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Dr Davide Michieletto, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, School of Physics and Astronomy and the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
- Teaching Award
- Dr Ruth McQuillan, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director online Masters in Public Health, Usher Institute
Chancellor's Awards 2020 - staff Bulletin article
2019 Chancellor's Award winners
- Impact Award
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Professor Richard Mellanby, Personal Chair of Comparative Medicine, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
- Research Award
- Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, Professorial Fellow and Dean of Research for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Jennifer Culbertson, Reader in Linguistics and English Language, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
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Teaching Award
- Dr Alan Convery, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Social and Political Science
Chancellor's Awards 2019 - staff news article
2018 Chancellor’s Award winners
- Impact Award
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Professor David FitzPatrick, Joint Section Head: Disease Mechanisms, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh Medical School
- Research Award
- Professor Richard Morris, Professor of Neuroscience, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Beth Biller, Chancellor's Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy
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Teaching Award - joint winners
- Professor Pete Higgins, Chair of Outdoor and Environmental Education, Moray House School of Education
- Professor Dave Reay, Chair in Carbon Management and Education, School of GeoSciences
Chancellor's Awards 2018 - staff news article
2017 Chancellor’s Award winners
- Impact Award
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Professor Francisca Mutapi, Professor of Global Health Infection and Immunity, School of Biological Sciences
- Research Award
- Professor Polly Arnold, Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry, School of Chemistry
- Rising Star Award - joint winners
- Professor Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics
- Dr Mirko Canevaro, Reader, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- Teaching Award - joint winners
- Professors Charles Cockell, Chair of Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy
- Alison Koslowski, Professor of Social Policy and Research Methods, School of Social and Political Science
Chancellor's Awards 2017 - staff news article
2016 Chancellor's Award winners
- Impact Award - joint winners
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Professor Lesley McAra, Assistant Principal Community Relations and Chair of Penology
- Professor Susan McVie, Chair of Quantitative Criminology, School of Law
- Research Award
- Professor Andrew Rambaut, Chair in Molecular Evolution, School of Biological Sciences
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Sam Spiegel, Lecturer in International Development and Director of Research at the Centre of African Studies
- Teaching Award
- Dr Jessie Paterson, Lecturer in Student Learning, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Chancellor's Awards 2016 - staff news article
2015 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Brian Walker, Professor of Endocrinology and Head of British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Louise Horsfall, Lecturer in Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences
- Teaching Award
- Dr Angus Bancroft, co-Director for Research Programmes in the Graduate School of Social and Political Science
Chancellor's Awards 2015 - staff news article
2014 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Margaret Frame, Science Director of the Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre; Research Director of the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
- Professor Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, Edinburgh Law School and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Nicholas Mills, Reader in Cardiology; British Heart Foundation Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow; Consultant Cardiologist, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Teaching Award
- Dr Elizabeth Bomberg, School of Social & Political Science
Chancellor's Awards 2014 - staff news article
2013 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Agata Smoktunowicz, School of Mathematics
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Catherine Heymans, Lecturer, School of Physics & Astronomy
- Teaching Award
- Professor Helen Cameron, Director of the Centre for Medical Education, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
Chancellor's Awards 2013 - staff news article
2012 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Igor Rudan, Chair in International Health & Molecular Medicine, Centre for Population Health Sciences
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Eve Hepburn, Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations, School of Social & Political Science; Depute Director of the Academy of Government
- Teaching Award
- Jamie Davies, Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Centre for Integrative Physiology
Chancellor's Awards 2012 - staff news article
2011 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Mark Bradley, Professor of High-Throughput Chemistry, School of Chemistry
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Dominic Johnson, Reader in Politics & International Relations, School of Social & Political Science
- Teaching Award
- Sue Welburn, Professor of Medical & Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology, Director of the Global Health Academy
Chancellor's Awards 2011 - staff news article
2010 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Peter Sandercock, School of Molecular & Clinical Medicine; Head of Edinburgh Neuroscience
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Euan Brechin, School of Chemistry
- Teaching Award
- Professor O James Garden, Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery & Honorary Consultant Surgeon, School of Clinical & Surgical Sciences
Chancellor's Awards 2010 - staff news article
2009 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professors Harry Campbell and Malcolm Dunlop, School of Molecular & Clinical Medicine
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Giles Hardingham, School of Biomedical Sciences
- Teaching Award
- Dr John Lee, School of Informatics, School of Arts, Culture & Environment
Chancellor's Awards 2009 - staff news article
2008 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Joanna Wardlaw, Head of the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Rising Star Award
- Dr Polly Arnold, School of Chemistry
- Teaching Award
- Dr Siân Bayne, School of Education
Chancellor's Awards 2008 - staff news article
2007 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor David Leigh, School of Chemistry
- Rising Star Award
- Professor Donald Bloxham, School of History, Classics & Archaeology
- Teaching Award
- Professor Susan Rhind, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Chancellor's Awards 2007 - staff news article
2006 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Donald MacKenzie, School of Political & Social Studies
- Rising Star Award
- Professor Stuart West, School of Biological Sciences
- Teaching Award
- Dr Simon Bates, School of Physics
2005 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor Jean Beggs, School of Biological Sciences
- Teaching Award
- Professor Jane Dawson, School of Divinity
2004 Chancellor's Award winners
- Research Award
- Professor David Porteous, Leader of the Molecular Medicine Centre
- Teaching Award
- Professor Allan Cumming, School of Medicine