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Glasgow reearch centre wins Queen’s anniversary prize THE ‘outstanding achievement at a worldclass level’ of the University of Glasgow’s Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health has been recognised by the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. The prizes are administered by the Royal Anniversary Trust, which works to promote world-class excellence in UK universities and colleges. The award made to Glasgow university recognises the Boyd Orr Centre’s work in addressing the spread of infectious diseases of national and international importance. The centre’s research aims to translate laboratory, desk-based and field research into benefits for individuals and communities, informing and improving government policy at home and overseas. Its recent research themes have considered diseases affecting animals and people across high-, low- and middle-income countries, including rabies, foot-and-mouth disease, bovine TB and malaria. The award also recognised the centre’s
Rowland Kao, director of the Boyd Orr Centre, commented: ‘While traditional epidemiology has been successful in studying and controlling many infectious diseases, it is typically focused on solving single disease problems via relatively simple direct measures. ‘Many of the world’s most serious infectious diseases are embedded Anton Muscatelli, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of in diverse and complex Glasgow, accepts the Queen’s Anniversary Prize from Her Majesty the Queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on February 27 ecosystems and cannot be effectively addressed in isolation. Our centre is committed to success in building ties with external breaking down traditional boundaries across research institutes. The centre helps to foster academia and promoting new research collaborations between researchers working partnerships that have a direct and positive across a wide range of areas, including impact on communities around the world.’ veterinary science, mathematics, ecology, evolutionary biology, physics, engineering, doi: 10.1136/vr.g2094 economics and the social sciences.
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Glasgow reearch centre wins Queen’s anniversary prize THE ‘outstanding achievement at a worldclass level’ of the University of Glasgow’s Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health has been recognised by the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. The prizes are administered by the Royal Anniversary Trust, which works to promote world-class excellence in UK universities and colleges. The award made to Glasgow university recognises the Boyd Orr Centre’s work in addressing the spread of infectious diseases of national and international importance. The centre’s research aims to translate laboratory, desk-based and field research into benefits for individuals and communities, informing and improving government policy at home and overseas. Its recent research themes have considered diseases affecting animals and people across high-, low- and middle-income countries, including rabies, foot-and-mouth disease, bovine TB and malaria. The award also recognised the centre’s
Rowland Kao, director of the Boyd Orr Centre, commented: ‘While traditional epidemiology has been successful in studying and controlling many infectious diseases, it is typically focused on solving single disease problems via relatively simple direct measures. ‘Many of the world’s most serious infectious diseases are embedded Anton Muscatelli, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of in diverse and complex Glasgow, accepts the Queen’s Anniversary Prize from Her Majesty the Queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on February 27 ecosystems and cannot be effectively addressed in isolation. Our centre is committed to success in building ties with external breaking down traditional boundaries across research institutes. The centre helps to foster academia and promoting new research collaborations between researchers working partnerships that have a direct and positive across a wide range of areas, including impact on communities around the world.’ veterinary science, mathematics, ecology, evolutionary biology, physics, engineering, doi: 10.1136/vr.g2094 economics and the social sciences.
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Glasgow reearch centre wins Queen's anniversary prize Veterinary Record 2014 174: 265
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