Congratulations to Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who recently received her DBE in honour of her services to healthcare research and education.
Jessica’s pioneering work over the past 20 years has changed the culture of cancer research, and we are delighted that all her hard work has been recognised. Jessica was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June this year. You can read more about her work here.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8Ygj1_Ez0&w=560&h=315]Professor Dame Jessica Corner said of the award, “I wanted to make a contribution to people’s lives through my work. You never work alone; it is always alongside a team, and with the patients who are so crucial to our research. This is a recognition of all of the work that has gone on, for all of the people involved.”