Professor collects his Royal honour
25 June 2008Professor Bill Shaw
Bill Shaw, Professor of Orthodontics in the School of Dentistry, attended Buckingham Palace today (Wednesday) to be presented with his CBE by Her Majesty the Queen for services to dentistry.Professor Shaw leads the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Research on the Treatment of Craniofacial Congenital Anomalies. The world's first such centre, it was set up at the University in recognition of the pioneering research into cleft lip and palate and related anomalies carried out by Professor Shaw and his team.
Professor Shaw was accompanied to the ceremony by his wife Dr Gunvor Semb, also a University member of staff, and his son and daughter.
Professor Philip Dyer
Also recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List was Philip Dyer, consultant clinical scientist, who was awarded an OBE for services to Medicine.Professor Dyer, who holds an honorary post at The University of Manchester's Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), studies genetic markers of immune response and humoral responses (via antibodies) to organ transplantation.
He has served on various committees including the ethics committee of the Royal College of Pathologists and the Human Tissue Working Group on the Human Tissue Act (2004-2005).
Ends
