ISSUE THREE DECEMBER/JANUARY 2014

IN THIS ISSUE

Making a difference to cancer patient survival Meet Professor Richard Kennedy, winner of this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact Prize Full Story on page 07

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STORMONT SHOWCASE EVENT Queen’s, University of Ulster and the Open University highlight the impact of higher education QUEEN’S DEGREES OPEN DOORS Find out about the doors a Queen’s degree has opened for our graduates WELCOME TO NEW STAFF Find out who has joined Queen’s in recent weeks

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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER / JANUARY EDITION OF QUEEN’S NOW This month’s edition is all about research impact. We meet some staff whose research is making a difference to people's lives and hear from others who support academic staff to increase the accessibility and impact of their research.

If you have any comments you would like to make about Queen’s Now, please send them to [email protected] Queen’s Now is a Queen’s University publication, compiled and published by the Communications and External Affairs Office.

The Editor Claire Patterson Communications and External Affairs Office, Lanyon South, Queen’s University, Belfast, BT7 1NN T: 028 9097 5355 E: [email protected]

WELCOME

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Professor Tony Gallagher Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Over recent weeks we’ve been showing the wider world what we do at Queen’s. During events at Stormont and at Queen’s we’ve been telling the story of our university, our people and the impact we are having on people here and across the world. Events such as the recent Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives Joint University Showcase at Stormont are important for telling our elected representatives just how crucial the higher education sector is to the future of Northern Ireland. But of equal, if not more importance, are internal events, which tell our staff and students about the extraordinary people who work at Queen’s and their extraordinary contribution to our university.

Our greatest advocates are our staff and students – if they don’t tell our story, who else will?

education budget by £40m. Central to the success of that campaign was our staff who lobbied, pressurised and exerted their influence on local politicians.

Impact isn’t new – our researchers have been undertaking work for generations that has impacted on wider society, but what is new is how we are telling our story.

As a new Comprehensive Spending Review gets underway to determine the higher education budget in Northern Ireland for 2016-2020, the time is coming when we will need staff and students to tell our story – to demonstrate why higher education is worth public investment.

In September 2011, Queen’s successfully managed to reverse a decision by the Northern Ireland Executive to cut the higher

So, as we enter 2014, let’s continue to tell our story: by doing so we can protect our ability to continue to deliver work which is advancing knowledge and changing lives.

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#ILOVEHE BECAUSE

Queen's goes to Stormont Queen’s recently teamed up with the University of Ulster and the Open University to showcase the economic and societal impact of higher education in Northern Ireland to MLAs at Stormont.

the importance of maintaining appropriate levels of funding in the HE sector. As part of a social media campaign, MLAs where asked to fill in a postcard explaining why they love HE.

Staff and students from the three universities took part in the Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives event which showcased some of our innovative and life-changing work in the areas of global food security, health and wellbeing, advanced composites and engineering, and online learning.

Find out what they said using the hashtag #iloveHE.

Over 50 MLAs attended the event which also aimed to highlight

Watch a Q in 60 video about the event here. Find out more about the impact of the HE sector by watching the Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives video.

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Here are some of the reasons why MLAs love HE It opens doors to new and better job opportunities

Very important for the local economy. R&D crucial to the future

Jo-Anne Dobson MLA (UUP)

Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)

It empowers people

Makes our young people more competitive in the workplace

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan (SDLP)

It builds our economy Minister for Employment and Learning Dr Stephen Farry (Alliance)

It provides people with skills to help us compete in the global economy

Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP)

Enhances employability skills and builds self-confidence Bronwyn McGahan MLA (SF)

David Sterling, Permanent Secretary, DETI

#ILoveHE

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5 facts about Higher Education's impact in Northern Ireland

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Our three universities contribute over £1bn per annum to the NI economy.

We educate 54,000 students per year.

We employ 7,000 people and generate a further 7,000 jobs.

We have 270,000 graduates making an impact on society worldwide.

RESEARCH FUNDING

In the last five years we attracted £684m in funding for research projects which will change lives.

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NEWS

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Queen’s degrees open doors In the run up to Winter Graduation, the University ran a ’Twelve Doors of Christmas’ competition to show how a degree from Queen’s opens doors for our graduates. Each day, a profile of a graduate was revealed to show their individual career stories. 94 per cent of Queen’s graduates are in employment or further study six months after graduation. Here are three recent graduates who are now working in exciting jobs in Northern Ireland and beyond.

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OWEN McMEEL

BERNADETTE COLLINS

Amy graduated with a BA Hons in International Politics and Conflict Studies and has just started working for Childreach International, a London-based global development charity.

Owen graduated with a degree in Product Design and Development and is now working as a Financial Engineer for Newry-based company First Derivatives.

Bernadette graduated from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2009 with an MEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. She now works as a Graduate Engineer in F1 transmission design at McLaren Racing. A rising star in manufacturing, she has been selected as one of the Make it in Great Britain.

During her time at Queen’s, Amy was Chair of RAG (Raise and Give), named Student Volunteer of the Year at the 2012 Volunteering Excellence Awards and won The Childreach International Lifetime Achievement Award 2013.

While at Queen’s, he undertook summer work experience in Washington and India with the Washington Ireland Programme. He was also President of the Queen’s Students in Free Enterprise, selected as a British Council Global Changemaker and was the first winner of the Queen’s Apprentice Competition.

To see who was behind the Twelve Doors of Christmas visit www.qub.ac.uk/home/ceao/TwelveDoorsofChristmas

Bernadette said: “My time at Queen’s prepared me well for the opportunities and challenges that I have faced to date and I’m sure it will continue to be beneficial in the future.”

Launchpad for students Queen’s Students’ Union has just completed an intensive business accelerator programme designed to enable students from all disciplines to create viable business ideas in just seven weeks. Funded by Invest NI, ‘Business Launchpad Queen’s’ saw over 180 students apply for one of the 50 places available. Delivered by Enterprise SU and Xcel Partners, the programme is inspired by the Stanford ‘d.school’ model, and for part of the programme students were joined by Christine Kurjan, a world renowned expert in innovation and design. The programme took students on a journey of ideation,

product creation, pitching, customer journeys, investment seeking and also linked them to mentors for support. At the final, six multidisciplinary student teams pitched six viable business ideas to a panel of real life funders and investors. The winning team of four students, UP, pitched their idea for an app which they describe as a communications tool for all management tiers, similar to the programme ‘Undercover Boss’. They are now seeking £10,000 Proof of Concept funding to create their prototype. CAPTION Three members of the winning team: Rebecca Rolston, Computer Science; Jonathan Stewart, Business Management; and Mannix McAlister, Engineering

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Queen’s KTP named the UK’s best

A Queen’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) has been named the UK Best Partnership 2013. The winning partnership, between Tandragee concrete company Bullivant Taranto Ltd and the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, have collaborated to reduce energy costs and the environmental impact in the manufacture of pre-cast concrete products by optimising the design process. As a result, the team was ‘highly commended’ in the Engineering Excellence category and was named as the Best Partnership of the nine that were shortlisted. Their win also sees them walk away with £10,000 for their KTP project. The KTP Awards 2013 also saw Seven Technologies pick up the Business Impact Prize as a result of their KTP with Queen’s.

Mary Flynn, Head of KTP and Business Networks at Queen’s, said: “I am absolutely delighted to add three more national KTP awards to our Queen's collection, including the overall best partnership in the UK. KTPs with Queen's continue to deliver real impact for our business partners, our academics and our Associates. The awards validate our excellence in working with businesses and our contribution to the NI economy." To find out more about the KTP Awards 2013, visit www.ktponline.org.uk CAPTION Pictured at the awards are: Phil Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Cisco UK & Ireland, Dr M Sonebi, Queen’s, Matthew Hancock MP, Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise, Richard Morton, KTP Associate at Bullivant Taranto Ltd, Simon Bullivant, Director of Bullivant Taranto Ltd, Niall Woods, Bullivant Taranto Ltd and Prof Su Taylor, Queen’s

Stormont Committee visits Queen’s The Committee for Employment and Learning has visited Queen’s to meet staff and students and find out about some of the work they are involved in. Committee members met Professor Robert Bowman and his team from ANSIN, a partnership between Queen’s and Seagate Technology (Ireland), who briefed them on how the specially created development hub is responding to the needs of industry.

Committee members heard from students and staff in Enterprise SU on the range of employability and innovation projects being undertaken. They were also given a demonstration by Professor Roy Douglas from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of his work with Wright Bus which led to the Ballymena company winning a £230m order for a new fleet of London buses.

Committee members heard from students and staff in Enterprise SU on the range of employability and innovation projects being undertaken, and had the opportunity to visit the Changing Lives: Our Specialist Subject exhibition in the Naughton Gallery and the Research Impact Showcase event in the Whitla Hall. CAPTION Pictured at the Wrightbus Double-Decker Mobile Lab are, from left: Robin Swann, Chair of the Employment and Learning Committee, Alister Hanna from Wrightbus, Professor Roy Douglas and Pro-ViceChancellor Professor Tony Gallagher

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Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives

SPOTLIGHT

Professor Richard Kennedy from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences is the winner of this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact Prize. The McClay Professor of Medical Oncology is developing tests that will lead to personalised cancer therapies.

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COVER STORY

We meet Professor Kennedy to find out more about the impact of his research. What is your job? I am the McClay Professor of Medical Oncology. I work part of my time in the clinic running clinical trials for cancer patients and the rest of the time leading a laboratorybased research group.

What do you like most about your job? The variety. No two days in the clinic or in the lab are the same. I also like the mix between looking after patients and laboratory work.

Can you tell us about your research? My interest is the development of tests that will allow us to personalise cancer therapies. At present, we give most chemotherapy on a “one size fits all basis”, yet we know that many patients gain little or no benefit from the treatment. I hope that better diagnosis through using tests that analyse the DNA of tumours will allow us to select more appropriate therapies tailored for each patient.

It is important to point out that my research is a collaborative effort between Queen’s University and Almac Diagnostics and involves many talented individuals.

How does your research impact on people’s lives? The research will hopefully improve cancer patient survival through the selection of the best treatment on an individual basis. It should also reduce unnecessary side effects associated with ineffective therapies.

What are the challenges in your role? Like most research, the major challenge is funding. The type of analysis that we perform to develop tests is expensive. The research to date, however, has been well supported by Almac Diagnostics, the McClay Foundation and Invest Northern Ireland who see the benefits for these types of DNAbased tests. The other challenge

is balancing between clinical work and research work. Either can easily take up all my time if I am not careful. And what are the rewards? The big reward is being part of a research team that could really make a difference to cancer patient survival, and seeing the tests being introduced into clinical care. How does it feel to have won the Vice-Chancellor’s impact prize? I am very honoured and proud to accept the reward on behalf of the team. It is important to point out that my research is a collaborative effort between Queen’s University and Almac Diagnostics and involves many talented individuals.

To find out more about Richard and his research, visit the Staff Gateway: www.qub.ac.uk/home/ ceao/StaffGateway/ OurStaff/

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SPOTLIGHT

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Meet some staff whose work is making an impact

RESEARCHERS MAKING AN IMPACT The latest volume of the DNA of Innovation: Creative Connections profiles the impact of 30 researchers, including: Prof Joe O’Sullivan MDBS researching better ways to cure prostate cancer

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Dr Brenda Winter-Palmer Creative Arts helping stroke survivors through drama

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Prof Ian Young MDBS developing genetic tests to identify patients with high cholesterol

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Dr Eugene O’Hare Psychology discovering new treatments for dementia

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Prof Tracy Robson Pharmacy discovering new drugs to help cancer patients

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Prof Su Taylor SPACE delivering results for businesses through KTPs

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Prof Phil Scraton Law recovering the truth about the Hillsborough Disaster

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Prof Roy Douglas Mech & Aero Eng helped Wrightbus to secure the ‘New Bus for London’ contract

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Prof Ruth Morrow SPACE expanding the potential of concrete

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Prof Joanne Hughes Education helping to close the gap in divided societies

Claire Dewhirst

Research Impact Manager Claire works in the Research Policy team based within the Research and Enterprise Directorate. Part of her role is to support academics in ensuring that impact is embedded from the start of any research process. Claire has been heavily involved with the University’s submission for REF 2014, which assesses UK universities’ research. Queen’s submitted in 28 units of assessment to REF2014. The results will be used by the four UK funding bodies to allocate research funding to universities.

Dr Nicholas Dunne

Dr Ruth Hunter

Nicholas’ research focus is on injectable orthopaedic bone cement, used in total hip and knee replacement surgery to support the metallic implant and in spinal surgery to repair damaged or diseased vertebrae . Elements of the research will have a longer-term impact on people’s lives through an improved quality of life for patients undergoing a minimally invasive surgical procedure as a consequence of damaged and diseased hard bone tissue.

Ruth is project manager for the PARC (Physical Activity and the Regeneration of Connswater) Study and was awarded this year’s Vice-Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Impact Prize. The study is an evaluation of the effects that the Connswater Community Greenway (CCG) has on physical activity and health.

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Find out more about REF2014 by watching Claire's profile video at: www.qub.ac.uk/home/ceao/StaffGateway/OurStaff/

Centre for Public Health/UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health

Thanks to CCG, approx. 40,000 people will have improved opportunities for physical activity and, therefore, support for a healthier lifestyle. The PARC Study has created much excitement internationally in the public health research community.

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RESEARCH

MY RESEARCH

New research to help pinpoint key dates in history A Queen’s scientist has helped develop a new method for accurately dating key events in history. Professor Paula Reimer from the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, along with Professors Paul Blackwell and Caitlin Buck from the University of Sheffield, have developed a new, internationally agreed radiocarbon calibration curve. The curve will provide improved accuracy to archaeologists, environmental scientists and climate researchers who rely on radiocarbon dating to put their findings onto a reliable timescale. The research has just been published in the international journal Radiocarbon.

Professor Peter Passmore Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

MY RESEARCH:

It also provides reliable timescales for those seeking to understand ancient environments. The radiocarbon calibration curve would allow researchers to date reliably everything from items like the bones of King Richard III, excavated recently in a car park in Leicester, to confirm they were from the right time period, to baby woolly mammoths preserved in permafrost in Siberia. It also provides reliable time-scales for those seeking to understand ancient environments, including members of the International Panel on Climate Change. The release of the new curve is the culmination of five years of research

funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and more than ten years of research by the teams at Sheffield and Queen’s.

I study dementia, from clinical aspects to genetic contributors, and supervise clinical trials of new drugs for different dementia syndromes. The discovery of a series of new genes and pathways involved in late onset Alzheimer’s disease and the findings on drug treatment options in later stages of Alzheimer’s disease have had global impact. MY LATEST RESEARCH STUDY: In a £2.25m trial funded by Alzheimer’s Society and the British Heart Foundation we will examine the effect of the calcium channel blocker amlodipine in people who have vascular dementia due to damage to small blood vessels in the brain. We will study the effects on memory and a number of other important outcomes.

Professor Paula Reimer Main Image The preserved specimen of the Ice Age mammoth. Courtesy of the University of Leicester

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Green at

Queen s In this regular feature, find out about some of the environmental activity taking place around the campus and meet some of the people making it happen.

Over the past three years, 25% of the University’s carbon savings can be attributed to the actions of staff and students, so what you’re doing is making a difference.

ENVIRONMENTAL

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REDUCING EMISSIONS THROUGH WARPIT

MAKE A NEW YEAR PROMISE

At the beginning of 2014, Queen’s will introduce a new online system to help departments reallocate unwanted resources, such as furniture, electrical items, fixtures and fittings and office consumables.

All staff are being encouraged to make a ‘green’ New Year promise to help reduce their impact on the environment.

WARPit (Waste Action Reuse Portal) is a bespoke online redistribution network for donating, loaning or sharing resources easily and conveniently within Queen’s in the first instance, and beyond to other organisations in the ‘WARPit Club’. Only items in good working condition and which can be reused should be placed on WARPit. If you would like access to Queen’s WARPit, email [email protected]

All you have to do is think of one environmental action you can take in 2014 and put it on the Green Promise Wall along with your name and department. Make your promise at: http://padlet.com/wall/ greenatqueenspledges Keep an eye out on the Wall throughout January to find out what colleagues have promised to do.

NEXT MONTH The results of the Lo’ Lo’ Lo’ Christmas Switch Off will be announced in January when we'll find out the School and Directorate which managed to go as low as possible with its electricity consumption over the Christmas period. For more info on the competition, visit www.qub.ac.uk/carbon

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ENVIRONMENTAL

Powering the future

The University has installed two new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units as part of an investment in student and staff facilities.

The two new CHP plants, located at the Main Site and Keir and Ashby Site, represent an investment of £2.5m and will result in savings of over 2,000 tonnes of carbon per year and £500k. CHP works by generating electricity while also capturing

heat that is produced during the generating process. In turn the heat is used to warm buildings and provide hot water. This contrasts with conventional ways of generating electricity where a vast amount of heat is simply wasted. The system located on the Main site will also provide heat to the Belfast City Council owned green houses and the Palm house located in Botanic Gardens.

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Meet... Trevor Sewell

Laboratory Manager Trevor Sewell from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is the driving force behind the roll out of the Green Impact Scheme within his School. Last year’s Environmental Champion of the Year, Trevor acts as a mentor to other Schools involved in Green Impact. How long have you been involved in the Green Impact? I’ve been involved since the programme was first rolled out at Queen’s in 2010. At that time the unit I was working in undertook environmental monitoring for clients throughout the UK and Ireland, so I was curious to see what Queen’s had in mind.

What does the role entail in your School? My environmental role revolves around the implementation of Green Impact and includes Environmental induction and feeding back to the School Management Board on environmental issues in the School.

Tell us about some environmental actions you have implemented in your School? The latest is participation in the “cash for clunkers” initiative led by Estates. We have managed to secure funding to replace some of our less efficient equipment and hence lower our carbon footprint.

What is the best thing about the role? Working with the Green Impact teams, especially on the preparation for the Platinum submission.

Staff should get involved in Green Impact because it is possible to make a difference

Tell us about a key environmental success in your School We are the only School to have received a Green Impact Platinum Lab award and we have managed to reduce our electricity usage against a background of increasing student numbers.

Have you an environmental tip you can share with staff? The use of electronic time clocks can allow equipment eg. drying cabinets, to warm up before staff start work thus eliminating the need for equipment being left on overnight.

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PEOPLE

Queen’s fertility expert wins international award

MAKING THE

HEADLINES RTE and local media, including BBC, spoke to Professor Adrian Guelke following the death of Nelson Mandela. Originally from South Africa, Adrian, who works in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, is an expert in South African Politics and Nelson Mandela.

Professor Sheena Lewis from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has received international recognition for her research into male infertility. She fought off competition from more than 70 innovators, researchers and business women from across Europe to win the Gold Award for Innovation at the European Women Inventors & Innovators Network (EUWIIN) awards in Stockholm.

Professor Lewis won the award for her research into infertility and the development of the groundbreaking SpermComet test, which saves time, money and heartache for couples around the world.

The SpermComet provides unique information that no other test offers

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The SpermComet provides unique information that no other test offers. By measuring damaged DNA in individual sperm, it can predict the success of infertility treatments and fast-track couples to the treatment most likely to succeed, leading to significantly reduced waiting times and improved chances of conception. For further information on Professor Lewis’ work visit: http://lewisfertilitytesting.com

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons was featured on a BBC2 Horizon Special as Comet ISON prepared for its close encounter with the sun. He spoke to BBC Radio Foyle’s breakfast show to let Northern Ireland's star gazers know what to look out for. Media were singing the praises of Queen’s medical society as SWOT released their fundraising song This is SWOT.

Written by the students, the song was recorded in a professional studio and a music video is available to view on YouTube. Members of the band performed on Radio Ulster shows and UTV Live. They were interviewed by the Daily Mirror, Belfast Telegraph and made the Belfast Telegraph’s Top 10 read online list. When Dr Irena Tománková, from Quercus, announced that the duck population in Lough Neagh had taken a dive, media flocked to the story. U105, Q Radio Network and Evening Extra reported on the 75 per cent drop in wintering birds.

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PEOPLE

Welcome to new staff

Scientist named as ‘highly influential biomedical researcher’ compiled by US researchers, was published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Professor Mike Clarke from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has been named on a list of ‘highly influential biomedical researchers’. He is among 400 scientists named on the global list, which is based on journal articles and citations from 1996 to 2011. The analysis,

During the period analysed, Professor Clarke, who is the Director of the All Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research based within the Centre for Public Health, published 325 papers, receiving almost 30,000 citations. Professor Clarke has more than 23 years’ experience of the conduct and oversight of randomised trials, systematic reviews and other types of prospective research. He has been involved in many rigorous evaluations of health care, including some of the largest ever randomised trials in breast cancer, maternity

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Over 40 new members of staff joined Queen’s during November

care and stroke. He has also conducted numerous systematic reviews of research studies, the largest of which is the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group overview of the treatment of women with breast cancer. Professor Clarke said: "It's an honour to be part of this list and I am delighted that the research I've been involved in has drawn such wide attention in the scientific literature. Even more satisfying is the impact that our large-scale systematic reviews and randomised trials have had. They provide a key part of the evidence base for people making decisions and have helped improve health care and health for people around the world."

Mary Anderson The Leadership Institute

Michael Davis Knowledge and Data Engineering

Emer Kielt Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions

Lorna Montgomery Social Work

Julianna Ballentine IS Library Services and Research Support

Quang Duong Digital Communications

Kerry Moore Centre for Public Health

David Barkley Estates Services

Sarah Eardley-Weaver Modern Languages

Rebecca Lace Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Aaron Brady Pharmacy

Jacqueline Elwood Biological Sciences

Cathal Cadogan Pharmacy

Emilio Jose Garcia Taengua Civil Engineering

Jorge Camacho Casero Aeronautical Engineering Hilary Colyer Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology Nicole Craig Education General

Gavin Henderson KTP and Business Networks Sarah Higginbotham Pharmacy Nicola Irwin Pharmacy

Kerri Crossey Pharmacy

Therese Kearney Centre for Public Health

Elaine Curley Estates Services

Lucia Kearney Students' Union

Kerry Curran Research Policy

Jayne Kennedy Mathematics and Physics

Emma Curran Centre for Public Health

Alan Kennedy Centre for Infection and Immunity

Anthony Martin Civil Engineering Ciara McAfee Directorate Office (Estates)

Martin Murtagh Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Tracie Myles Child Care

Kevin McAreavey Knowledge and Data Engineering

Jacqui Napier Centre for Public Health

John McBride Pharmacy

Jitendra Pal High Frequency Electronic Circuits

Joanne McCaffrey Pharmacy Erin McCammick Biological Sciences Ryan McCarron Mathematics and Physics Barry McKinney IS IT Systems and Services Hannah McManus Creative Arts Una McMenamin Centre for Public Health

Eimear Rooney Biological Sciences Jarlath Smyth Purchasing Craig Thompson Estates Services Katrina Wallace Eventus Elaine Woodhouse Educational and Skills Development

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SOCIAL

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Here are some of the tweets that caught our eye over the last few weeks

The questions are all based around Impact and the answers can be found in Queen’s Now, if you don’t already know them! 1 How many units of assessment did Queen’s submit in REF2014?

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2 How many researchers feature in DNA of Innovation: Creative Connections? 3 In the last five years how much research funding have the three universities in NI attracted? Email your answers to: [email protected] or send via internal post with your name and contact details to Communications Office, Lanyon South, by Friday 24 January.

IMPACT EVENTS

SWOT SONG

Carál Ní Chuilín MLA @CaralNiChuilin Attended the Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives event with Queen’s, UUJ & Open University & Higher Education Providers. Well done #IloveHE

UTV @utv Wondering where you can see the full @qub_swot charity song in all its glory? Well here it is (rap included!)

Jim Fitzpatrick @jimfitzbiz Queen's researchers changing lives - the theme at #QUBimpact awards. Judging from the shortlist it's no idle boast. Robin Swann @Robin_Swann_MLA Employment & Learning Comm @BiteOfQueens @QueensUBelfast today to see industry - univ. links in physics with local companies & global reach.

Victoria O'Hara @vicoharabelfast Queen's University medical students @qub_swot become YouTube sensation for third world charities in @beltel today http://bit.ly/1eq61Mh WINTER GRADUATION Romano Mullin @RomanoMullin Brilliant atmosphere at @QueensUBelfast today with Winter Graduation. This time tomorrow, I'll be a Master of Arts!

COMING UP IN NEXT MONTH’S EDITION The focus for the next edition is Sport. Find out about the University’s investment in sport and how it is benefiting students and the wider community. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Martina Nugent from Queen’s University Management School who won last month’s competition.

For all the new about Queen's follow @QueensUBelfast For staff news follow @BiteofQueens