Category: Staff awards

President’s Awards for Excellence in Education

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Education are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in teaching, research supervision and supporting the student experience.

President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching

For outstanding teaching quality, organisation and presentation.

Medal winner: Chee Yeen Fung, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Award winners:

  • Wendy Kwok, School of Public Health
  • Julie Varley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Catherine Mansfield, Department of Life Sciences

President’s Award for Supporting the Student Experience

For outstanding contributions to enhancing the student experience made by any members of staff at the College (academic, professional, or technical).

Medal winners:

  • Jackie Bell, Department of Computing
  • Graduate School team

Award winners:

  • Jenny Husbands, School of Public Health
  • Nousheen Tariq, Faculty of Medicine Centre
  • Paul Fennel, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Sarah Willis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

President’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision

For exceptional supervision, encouragement, and support of doctoral or postgraduate research students.

Award winner: Yiannis Demiris, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovation

For outstanding teaching practice that demonstrates innovation.

Medal winner: Jo Horsburgh, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship

President’s Award for Outstanding Assistant Supervisor

To celebrate and recognise the valuable contribution that Postdocs make towards the supervision of the College’s PhD students.

Award winner: Grazia Antonacci, School of Public Health

You can read more about the awards in our news story.

President’s Awards for Excellence in Culture and Community

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Culture and Community recognise staff who have made outstanding contributions over the last year in Leadership: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Collaboration: and Sustainability.

President’s Medal for Excellence in Culture and Community

For individuals or teams who have made exceptional contributions to Culture and Community across the university.

Medal winner: Culture and Engagement Committee, Department of Surgery and Cancer

  • Gina Brown
  • Elsa Paul
  • Christopher Peters
  • Karen Pontifex

President’s Award for Excellence in Leadership

For staff who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and management at all levels within the university.

Winner: Julie King, Centre for Academic English

President’s Award for Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

For an individual or team who have delivered a specific project, initiative or demonstrated inclusive participation in their everyday behaviour that significantly contributes to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion at the university.

Individual winner: Helen Johnson, National Heart and Lung Institute

Team winner: Imperial as One Media Academy

  • Hayley Dunning, Communications Division
  • Sarah Essilife-Quaye, National Heart and Lung Institute
  • Al McCartney, Faculty of Medicine Centre
  • Wayne Mitchell, Department of Immunology & Inflammation
  • Ellie Cawthera, Communications Division
  • Maxine Myers, Communications Division

President’s Award for Excellence in Collaboration

For an individual colleague or team who embodies our spirit of the Imperial community.

Individual winner: Toby Emmerson, Business School

Team winner: Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Pollution (PREPP) Team

  • Leon Barron, School of Public Health
  • Tilly Collins, Centre for Environmental Policy
  • Neil Jennings, Grantham Institute
  • Andrew Prentis, Grantham Institute
  • Guy Woodward, Department of Life Sciences

President’s Award for Excellence in Sustainability

For an individual or team who have delivered a specific project or initiative or embedded everyday good practice that significantly contributes to the enhancement of sustainability at the university.

Individual winner: Sharron Stubbs, Faculty of Medicine Centre

Team winner: CID Green Team, Centre of Inflammatory Disease

  • Lyndon Costa
  • Alice Denton
  • Neil Galloway-Phillips
  • Christina Malaktou
  • Stacey McIntyre
  • Kerry Rostron-Barrett
  • Kassandra Vezyrgianni

You can read more about the awards in our news story.

President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, or Societal Engagement.

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement recognise and reward staff, students and community partners who have delivered excellence in schools engagement, community engagement, engagement with research and/or patient engagement.

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President’s Awards for Excellence in Education

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, or Societal Engagement.

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Education celebrate staff who have made outstanding contributions in teaching and teaching innovation, research supervision and supporting the student experience.

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President’s Awards for Excellence in Research

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, or Societal Engagement.

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Research recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in early career research, research support, as part of a research team, and in research innovation and external collaboration.

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President’s Awards for Excellence in Culture and Community

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, or Societal Engagement. 

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Culture and Community recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Leadership; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; and Collegiality.  

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Julia Higgins Awards

The Julia Higgins Awards are awarded annually to recognise individuals, groups, and departments that have made a significant contribution to the support of academic women at the College. 

 

Sheena Cardoso, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre 

Dr Claudia Contini, Department of Chemical Engineering 

Professor Saskia Goes, Department of Earth Science and Engineering 

Dr Myrsini Kaforou, Department of Infectious Disease 

 

You can read more about the awards in our news story. 

Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Health and Safety

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Health and Safety are made to individuals and teams for their outstanding commitment to improving the safety of students, staff and visitors to the College. 

Individual award 

Brian Willey, Department of Physics 

Team award 

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Hub, Occupational Health 

  • Agueda Ahmar Rodriguez 
  • Rachel Collis 
  • Jessica Draper-Fall 
  • Emma Doyle 
  • Millie Gordon 
  • Tracy Howard 
  • Joanne Hughes 
  • Rebecca Intavarant 
  • Roisin Intavarant 
  • Emma Leisinger 
  • Debbie Tumbridge 
  • Leigh Turvey 
  • Marleen Wegdam 
  • Mary Wright 

Highly commended  

Dr Henry Burridge, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

The Crisanti lab, Department of Life Sciences 

  • Matt Gribble 
  • Carla Siniscalchi 

 

You can read more about the awards in our news story. 

Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Animal Research

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Animal Research were set up in 2014 to celebrate good practice and excellence in animal research by researchers and CBS staff at Imperial. 

Application of the 3Rs (refinement, reduction and replacement) in current or recent work 

Masanori Asai, Department of Infectious Disease 

Claire Dunican, Department of Infectious Disease 

Dr Athina Georgiadou, Department of Infectious Disease 

Public engagement award 

Rebecca Frise, Queen Mary University of London (previously Imperial’s Department of Infectious Disease) 

 

You can read more about the awards in our news story. 

President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement

The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, or Societal Engagement. 

The President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement recognise and reward staff, students and community partners who have delivered excellence in schools engagement, community engagement, engagement with research and/or patient engagement. 

The President’s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement
For individuals who have made exceptional contributions to societal engagement.  

Winner: Dr Victoria Male, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction 

The Achievement Award for Societal Engagement
For staff who have taken the initiative to deliver high-quality engagement activities with the public, schools, community groups and/or patients. 

Individual Award winner: Dr Izhar Shah, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Team Award winner: JAMVENT outreach team, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Surgery and Cancer 

  • Dr Joseph van-Batenburg Sherwood 
  • Dr Jennifer Frattolin 
  • Dr Michael Madekurozwa 
  • Dr Jakob Mathiszig-Lee 

Individual Award highly commended: Dr Marc Masen, Department of Mechanical Engineering 

The Leadership Award for Societal Engagement
For staff who have demonstrated an on-going commitment to societal engagement; bringing enthusiasm and innovation to this area and actively supporting other staff and students to get involved. 

Winner: Dr Jackie Bell, Department of Computing 

Student Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement
For undergraduate or postgraduate students who have taken the initiative to deliver high-quality engagement activities with the public, schools, community groups and/or patients. 

Individual Award winner: Hamza Ikhlaq, Faculty of Medicine 

Team Award winner: Inspiring Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

  • Peter Adesina 
  • Javier Cañada Pérez-Sala 
  • He-in Cheong 
  • Pepe Puchol-Salort 
  • Terry Ugama 

Inspirational Partner Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement
For individuals or teams outside Imperial who have made outstanding contributions that inspire and support us in the achievement of one or more of our societal engagement aims. 

Individual Award winner: Louisa Thompson 

Team Award winner: Nova Opportunities 

  • Matthew Barnett 
  • Lizzie Cho 
  • Aimee Ling 

You can read more about the awards in our news story.