We recognise that you might want to gather to show your concern about climate change. The College shares these concerns but we would ask that if you do gather, you allow our students to continue their education and colleagues to continue their work.
Our own research and education is helping to solve the global climate change challenge while at the same we are taking important steps through our Greening Imperial initiative to make our own community more sustainable.
Best wishes,
Alice and Ian
UCEA (the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association) has advised that institutions can now implement the 2019/20 national pay settlement. The College’s national pay scales have therefore been updated to incorporate a rise of 1.8% effective from 1 August 2019 for those staff remaining on national non-clinical rather than local pay scales.
Payment at the appropriate new rates will be made in September 2019 salaries, including arrears for August.
Professor Oscar Ces, Professor of Chemical Biology and currently Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology, has accepted appointment as Head of the Department of Chemistry with effect from 1 August 2019, for an initial period of 5 years.
Professor Ces first joined Imperial in 1997 as a PhD student, and obtained his PhD degree in the Department of Chemistry. He then held a postdoctoral fellowship and Research Lectureship in the department before being promoted to Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor between 2010 and 2016.Professor Ces is currently the Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Biology, and the Leverhulme Centre for Doctoral Training in Cellular Bionics. He is also the co-Director of the fabriCELL centre, the Imperial College Advanced Hackspace and the Membrane Biophysics Platform. Professor Ces is a member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences Research Committee, the management boards of the Agri-Futures Lab and the Nutrition Food Network, and was previously the director of Development and Theme Coordinator for Chemical Biology & Healthcare at the Department of Chemistry. Through these posts he played a leading role in founding the Invention Rooms and the Agilent Measurement Suite and in developing the vision for the Molecular Sciences Research Hub at the White City Campus.
Professor Ces’ research interests focus on biomembrane engineering, drug-membrane interactions, biomimicry, soft condensed matter, chemical biology, microfluidics, artificial cells, single cell analysis and lipid membrane mechanics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and winner of the 2017 Rita and John Cornforth Award for research between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
Mr Michael Murphy has accepted appointment as Vice President (Advancement), with effect from 17 June 2019.
In this role he will be responsible for leading the College’s Advancement function, encompassing all aspects of alumni relations, events and development.
Mr Murphy is currently chief development officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in the US. He will be returning to the UK where he led the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary fundraising campaign. He served as chief executive of the Foundation and Friends of Kew Gardens for six years and was previously also deputy chief executive of Dublin City University Educational Trust. He began his career at Antioch University in Ohio.
The Faculty of Medicine will operate a new departmental structure from the start of the academic year 2019-20.
From August 2019 the Faculty will comprise eight academic departments:
The formal titles of the four new departments remain to be finalised and will be confirmed during 2019 as part of preparation for the launch of the new structure.
The following Head of Department appointments have been made, with effect from 1 August 2019 for an initial period of five years, to lead the four newly created academic departments within the Faculty of Medicine.
HEAD OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF METABOLISM
Professor Mark Thursz MD FRCP has accepted appointment as Head of the new Department of Metabolism. He is currently Interim Head for the Department of Surgery and Cancer, a role which he will hold until Professor George Hanna takes up the position in February 2019 (see below). Professor Thursz’s research interests are focused on viral hepatitis and alcohol-related liver disease.
HEAD OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
Professor Marina Botto FMedSci has accepted appointment as Head of the new Department of Immunology and Inflammation. Professor Botto holds a chair in Rheumatology and is the Head of the Division of Immunology and Inflammation within the Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on how complement deficiency contributes to the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Professor Botto also serves as Director of Bioservices for the College.
HEAD OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIONS
Professor Wendy Barclay has accepted appointment as Head of the new Department of Infections. Professor Barclay holds the Action Medical Research Chair in Virology. Her research focusses on respiratory viruses, in particular influenza virus, with an aim of understanding the molecular and cellular basis of the pathogenesis, host range restrictions and transmissibility of influenza viruses.
HEAD OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN SCIENCES
Professor Paul Matthews FRCP FMedSci OBE has accepted appointment as Head of the new Department of Brain Sciences. Professor Matthews holds the Edmond and Lily Safra Chair in Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics and is currently Head of the Division of Brain Sciences within the Department of Medicine. He is also Associate Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) and head of the UK DRI Centre at Imperial. His research focusses on innovative translational applications of clinical imaging and roles of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.
In addition to these new roles, the role of Head of the existing Department of Surgery and Cancer has now been filled.
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY AND CANCER
Professor George Hanna FRCS has accepted appointment as Head of the Department of Surgery and Cancer with effect from 1 February 2019, for an initial period of 5 years.
Professor Hanna is currently Head of the Division of Surgery within the department, and holds a chair in Surgical Sciences. Professor Hanna’s main research interests are in non-invasive early cancer detection and the use of novel technologies to improve surgical quality. He leads an NIHR programme for point of care diagnostics in cancer and gastrointestinal diseases. His educational research aims to develop competency assessment tools for training and quality assurance of surgical performance in randomised controlled oncological trials.
A full list of the current Heads of Department for the Faculty of Medicine is available at: www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about-us/faculty-leadership
Further details about the reorganisation of the Faculty department structure are available at:
www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about-us/faculty-leadership/department_changes_2019-20.
Ms Sonja Browning-Page has accepted appointment as Director of ICT from 12 November 2018.
Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Sonja will be responsible for customer service, project management and development and service operations within ICT, maintaining the services and ensuring ongoing support for all users, staff and students.
Sonja joins the College from the University of Surrey, where as Deputy IT Director she was responsible for the strategy and provision of all IT services.
The Faculty of Medicine has made the following Vice-Dean appointments, with effect from 1 October 2018.
VICE-DEAN (INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES)
Professor Desmond Johnston FMedSci has accepted appointment as Vice-Dean (International Activities) for the Faculty of Medicine. In this new role he will lead the Faculty of Medicine’s international partnership activities in research and education, especially for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. Professor Johnston holds a Chair of Clinical Endocrinology within the Department of Medicine and previously held the role of Vice-Dean (Education) within the Faculty. Prior to that he served the College as Clinical Consul.
VICE-DEAN (EDUCATION)
Following Professor Johnston’s new appointment, Mr Martin Lupton has accepted appointment as Vice-Dean (Education) for the Faculty of Medicine. In this role he will lead all of the Faculty of Medicine’s undergraduate and postgraduate education activity. Mr Lupton continues his role as Head of the Undergraduate School of Medicine. He is also Clinical Senior Lecturer within the Faculty.
VICE-DEAN (ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT)
Professor Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSci has accepted appointment as Vice-Dean (Academic Development) for the Faculty of Medicine. In this role he will lead on developing the Faculty of Medicine’s inter-Faculty partnership research activities. Professor Ferguson holds a Chair in Mathematical Biology and is Head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology within the School of Public Health.
The above Vice-Dean appointments are made for an initial period of five years in the first instance.
A full list of current Vice-Deans for the Faculty of Medicine is available at: www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about-us/faculty-leadership
Professor Peter Lindstedt, Professor of Thermofluids in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been re-elected as Senior College Consul for a further period to 31 August 2019.
Professor Richard Jardine, Professor of Geomechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected to succeed Professor Marek Sergot as one of the Consuls for the Faculty of Engineering and the Business School for the period 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2021.
Professor Terry Tetley, Professor of Lung Cell Biology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, has been reappointed as non-clinical Consul for the Faculty of Medicine for a further term to 31 December 2018.
The current list of Consuls is set out below:
Senior Consul: Professor Peter Lindstedt
Faculty of Engineering and the Business School: Professor Yun Xu
Faculty of Engineering and the Business School: Professor Richard Jardine
Faculty of Medicine (non-clinical): Professor Terry Tetley
Faculty of Medicine (clinical): Professor Peter Openshaw
Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Education Office: Professor Lesley Cohen
Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Education Office: Professor Jonathan Mestel
UCEA (the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association) has advised that institutions can now implement the 2018/19 national pay settlement.
The College’s national pay scales have therefore been updated to incorporate a rise of 2% effective from 1 August 2018 for those staff remaining on national non-clinical rather than local pay scales.
Payment at the appropriate new rates will be made in September 2018 salaries, including arrears for August.
The College is pleased to announce that the following academic staff were successful in the 2018 promotions round.Promotions take effect from 1 September 2018.
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18-19 2018 Academic Promotions Round