from top to bottom: Professor Sir John Tooke; Professor Mary Collins; Professor Ian Jacobs
UCL is delighted to announce three new appointments, which will shape the development of life and biomedical sciences at UCL in the coming years. Professor Sir John Tooke will join UCL as Vice Provost (Health), Head of the UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences and Head of the UCL Medical School; Professor Mary Collins has been appointed Dean of Life Sciences; and Professor Ian Jacobs has been appointed Dean of Biomedical Sciences. Professor Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of UCL said of the appointments: 'I am confident that we have attracted the strongest possible team to lead biomedical sciences at UCL at this exciting time in its history. We need clear-sighted strategic leadership and strong teamwork to capitalise on the many opportunities that lie ahead, even in the challenging financial times that we face. We have appointed three distinguished individuals, with an appropriate balance of scientific and clinical expertise, and a shared determination to build on the extraordinary strengths of UCL across the board.' Professor Sir John Tooke - As Vice Provost (Health), Professor Tooke will develop and initiate the implementation of strategy for all biomedical and life sciences activity across the UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences. Professor Tooke comes to UCL from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, where he is Dean and where he has responsibility for leadership of the research strategy. Professor Sir John Tooke was a Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Physiology and Honorary Consultant Physician at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School before moving to Exeter in 1987.
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