Success for academics in 8th year of Founders' Awards

The winners of this year’s awards are:

• In the Joseph Chamberlain award for Academic Advancement
  • Professor Peter Brocklehurst, Professor of Women’s Health and Director of the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit and Professor Richard Butler, Professor of Palaeobiology.
• In the Charles Beale award for Policy Advancement
  • Professor Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology.
• In the Josiah Mason award for Business Advancement
  • Professor Philip Newsome, Professor of Experimental Hepatology.
• In the Aston Webb award for Outstanding Early-Career Academic
  • Dr Rachel Humphris, Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology.

• Professor Peter Brocklehurst, Professor of Women’s Health and Director of the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit and Professor Richard Butler, Professor of Palaeobiology.

• Professor Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology.

• Professor Philip Newsome, Professor of Experimental Hepatology.

• Dr Rachel Humphris, Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology.

In creating the country’s first civic university, the University of Birmingham’s founders aimed to create an institution where “the most important work of original research should be continuously carried out”.  The Founders’ Awards are named after some of the University’s most influential founders and benefactors, and demonstrate that their principles and vision of a “great school of universal instruction” where our ground-breaking research has true benefits locally, nationally, and internationally, are as alive today as they were in 1900, continuing to guide and inspire the University.

Now in its eighth year, the Founders’ Awards for Excellence recognise the very best academic work at the University.  They provide an opportunity to recognise our stellar academic colleagues and celebrate their achievements with our most distinguished friends from business, politics, government, and academia. 

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