{"id":527,"date":"2025-07-04T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/?p=527"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:46:59","slug":"presidents-awards-for-excellence-in-societal-engagement-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/2025\/07\/04\/presidents-awards-for-excellence-in-societal-engagement-4\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/staff\/college-staff-recognition-awards\/\"><strong>President\u2019s Awards for Excellence<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/be-inspired\/societal-engagement\/celebrating-engagement\/the-presidents-awards\/\"><strong>President\u2019s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement<\/strong><\/a> recognise staff members who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to deliver inspiring engagement activities or supported the development of a culture of societal engagement at Imperial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The President\u2019s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For individuals who have made exceptional contributions to societal engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Medal winner: Simon Foster, Natural Sciences<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For individuals who have supported other staff and students in their own engagement endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>Award winner: Anna Lawrence-Jones, Department of Surgery and Cancer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievement Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For both individuals or teams who have delivered excellent engagement activities or programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Individual winner: Ben Howard, Civil and Environmental Engineering<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Team winner: Let&#8217;s Talk About Cough<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Billy Baxter, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Dowell, National Heart and Lung Institute<\/li>\n<li>Eric Dubuis, National Heart and Lung Institute<\/li>\n<li>Michael Wortley, National Heart and Lung Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highly commended individual: Harry Jenkins, Enterprise<\/p>\n<p>Highly commended team: Emerging Chemical Contaminants (ECC) Team<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leon Barron, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Ana Oliete, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Amber Vaughan, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Helena Rapp Wright, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Alexandra Richardson, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Shane Fitzgerald, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Chryshanthi Christy, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Stav Friedman, College Headquarters<\/li>\n<li>Margarita White, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Juditha Gurumurthy, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Hourigan , School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>William Francis, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Birkitt, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Olukemi Oloyede, Research Postgraduate, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Melanie Egli, Research Postgraduate, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Abdullah Shahid, Department of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Derryn Grant, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Partner Award <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recognises those who collaborate with us from outside our Imperial community to make engagement happen. This could include patients, residents, community members and partner organisations in the public, private and third sector.<\/p>\n<p>Award winner: Marylebone Project<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miriam Kennedy<\/li>\n<li>Semhar Rota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awarded to student teams or individuals who have delivered excellent engagement activities.<\/p>\n<p>Individual winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarindi Aryasinghe, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Mahika Dixit, Life Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team winner: WiME (Women in Mechanical Engineering)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lucy Di, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Mary Sowter, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Nishka Mathur, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Melanie Joe, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Meron Mekecha, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Catriona Moffat, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Sofya Kustova, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highly commended: ESE Women\u2019s Outreach Team<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleda Johnson, Earth Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Janice Zhao, Earth Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Ellya Kanimova, Earth Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Valerie Locher, Earth Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Zoe Leibowitz, Earth Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/news\/265853\/staff-celebrated-their-exceptional-talent-annual\/\">You can read more about the awards in our news story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0President\u2019s Awards for Excellence\u00a0are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability. 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