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

8 May
Talk / Lecture
External event

The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG

Join Christ Church for the inaugural 500th Anniversary Lecture to be delivered by Professor Irene Tracey, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.  

Lecture starts at 7pm, preceded by an optional ticketed drinks reception at 6pm. Livestream is available. 

Booking is essential

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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.

Professor Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor. Photograph by John Cairns

Professor Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Photograph by John Cairns.