Golden award for University Professor
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Christine Williams
Professor Christine Williams, the University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation has been awarded the prestigious Nutrition Society Gold Medal for her work in shaping and directing the Society.
As a former President of the Society, Professor Williams was one of seven members honoured with the Gold Medal at a ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Society at the Royal College of Physicians in London on 7 December.
Highly regarded by the scientific community, the Society is the largest learned society for nutrition in Europe.
A spokeswoman for the Society said; "The Gold Medal Award has only been presented once before in the history of the Society and it was a great pleasure to be able to honour our most esteemed members in our 70th anniversary year."
"All our Gold Medal holders have made a huge contribution to advance the scientific study of nutrition and its application to the maintenance of human and animal health".