Celebrating our people’s successes
Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli has been elected as the 48th President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The RSE supports Scotland’s research and academic community and civic society. This is achieved through public engagement, utilising the expertise of its many fellows to draw up policy advice papers on various aspects of public life, and awarding funding to a wide range of academic researchers. Professor Muscatelli will take over from the current President of the RSE, Professor Sir John Ball, next April. He follows in the footsteps of UofG alumni such as Lord Kelvin and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine Naveed Sattar has been awarded the Edwin Bierman Award by the American Diabetes Association. The award was given to honour his outstanding scientific achievement in the prevention and treatment of macrovascular complications. Professor Sattar’s main research activity includes investigating the causes, prevention and management of diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Professor of International Business & Entrepreneurship Sreevas Sahasranamam has won the inaugural Management Publication of the Year Award in the Sustainable Futures category. The award, by the Chartered Management Institute, British Academy of Management and Chartered Association of Business Schools, celebrates translating management research into practice and policy by making it more accessible. Professor Sahasranamam received the award for his collection of blogs predominantly published on platforms like World Economic Forum and The Conversation.
Professor Olivia Wu has been named as one of five new directors of the National Institute of Health & Care Research’s (NIHR) research programmes. Professor Wu, who is the William R Lindsay Chair of Health Economics at UofG, will lead the NIHR-NHS England National Research Collaboration Programme. She has also been appointed Director of the NIHR Better Methods, Better Research Programme. NIHR programmes fund vital research to improve health and care, and each funding programme has a specific focus, aiming to address key areas in health, care, and public health. Professor Wu has extensive expertise and experience in evidence generation through research and in the effective use of evidence in decision making. Her research has informed clinical guidelines and health policy decisions, both at national and international levels.