Conductor and researchers awarded medals by the Queen
Three distinguished figures from the fields of science, health and music have been awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Royal Medals by the Queen.
The medals are awarded for distinction and international repute in the life sciences, physical and engineering sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences, business and commerce.
One of this year’s royal medallists is Professor Peter Boyle, president of the International Prevention Research Institute and director of the University of Strathclyde Institute of Glo- bal Public Health, for his “outstanding contribution to global cancer control and public health policy”.
Professor Tessa Holyoake FRSE Fmedsci, director of the Paul O’gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, University of Glasgow, was presented with the medal for her outstanding contribution to the field of life sciences through her discovery of the existence of cancer stem cells in chronic myeloid leukaemia and her development of a new therapy for the condition.
A Royal Medal was also awarded to Donald Runnicles OBE, chief conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, for his “outstanding contribution to the art of music at the highest international level”. The RSE Royal Medals were instituted by the Queen - who is a patron of the RSE - to mark the millennium.