The Critical Role of Higher Education in Shaping Tomorrow’s World

Christ Church 500th Anniversary Lecture

Date: 8 May

Time: 19:00 (lecture starts)

Location: The Royal Society

The inaugural Christ Church 500th Anniversary Lecture will be given by Irene Tracey, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, a department which she led.

Irene was a founding member and subsequently Director for ten years of Oxford’s world-leading neuroimaging centre, FMRIB. She has served on national and international Councils, including: IASP, BNA, MRC and the Lundbeck Brain Prize Committee. Irene was recently President of FENS and has been awarded multiple prizes, honours and fellowships in academia and science, including a CBE. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences.