UCL staff and alumni recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours 2021 - Congratulations to members of UCL's community who have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2021. Seven current UCL staff and a host of alumni were commended for their services to science, research, innovation, higher education and the arts. Professor Rebecca Shipley (UCL Mechanical Engineering) was awarded an OBE for services to the development of the Continuous Positive Airways Pressure device during the pandemic, nationally and internationally. Professor Shipley is the Director of the UCL Institute for Healthcare Engineering. In 2020 she led a team of engineers from UCL and Mercedes-AMG HPP and clinicians from UCLH to reverse engineer Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) breathing aids. Named the UCL-Ventura, the devices  are helping patients in over 15 countries, and the team's logistics partner GTEM has now sent over 1,100 to India and 130 to Nepal to support the countries' fight against recent surges in Covid-19. Commenting on her award, Professor Shipley said: "It is a privilege to be part of the UCL-Ventura team contributing to the global Covid-19 pandemic response.