Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, Vice-Chancellor and President of Brunel University London, has been awarded a Wellcome Gold Medal by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) for her ‘longstanding and exceptional contribution to pharmacology.’
The Society recognised Prof Buckingham’s contributions to research and education, as well as her work with numerous research councils, medical charities and learned societies, including her past role as President of BPS.
The Wellcome Gold Medal is awarded only once every two years, with the winners receiving a medal and a £2000 prize for their “outstanding and sustained contributions to pharmacology.”
Prof Buckingham first studied zoology at the University of Sheffield and, after a short spell in the pharmaceutical industry, moved to London to study for a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of London and to pursue an academic career.
She joined Imperial College London in 1997, contributing to the establishment of the new Faculty of Medicine and held the roles of College Dean for non-clinical Medicine, Head of the Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Head of the Centre for Integrative Mammalian Physiology and Pharmacology and Pro-Rector (Education and Academic Affairs).
In 2012 she was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of Brunel University London and was later awarded a CBE in 2018 for services to Biology and Education.
Prof Buckingham’s former roles include President of the British Pharmacological Society, President of the Society for Endocrinology, member of the Sykes Commission, Editor of the Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Chairman of BioScientifica Ltd, and a Trustee of the Royal Institution and the Royal Society of Biology.
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