Queen Mary Alumni e-Newsletter Issue 26, September 2010
College news
Queen Mary sees rise in Student Satisfaction Survey; Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre hosts major Vince Cable speech; Queen Mary at the heart of e-ScienceTalk; Queen Mary first university in London to have a Farmers’ Market
Research news
Doctors’ religious beliefs strongly influence end of life decisions; Steering clear of fatty foods reduces the risk of lung disease
Staff success
Professor Finbar Cotter (q MBBS, 1978) elected President of the British Society of Haematology for 2011; Dr Jon Davis (History, 1996; PhD, 2007) writing for William Keegan In My View column in The Observer, Sunday 29 September; Colin Jones on the gap-smile
Alumni giving
Be inspired by the 2010 Great River Race on the Thames tideway; Making a gift; Gifts from overseas; Leaving a gift to Queen Mary, University of London in your Will
Career development opportunities
GP Refresher Course 2010, Wednesday 27 - Friday 29 October; QUEDOS courses; Campus Visit Day; Postgraduate Open Evening; Working for Queen Mary
Student news
BLSA Newsletter
Alumni news
Dr Colette Bowe (Economics, 1969; PhD, 1978); Dr Richard Budgett OBE (Dip Sports Medicine, 1989); Professor Bob Watson CMG (Chemistry, 1966; PhD, 1973)
Senator Gan Ping Sieu (LLB, 1989); Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai; Karen Baratram (Biology, 2006); Sushma Joshi (Associate, 1995); Isariya Kuhaprenkit (Economic Finance Management in 2009); Polly Morgan (English, 2001); Dr Jackie Scerri (LLM, 2006); Dr John Shaw (French with Spanish)
Alumni remembered
Hassan Javed Khan (MSc Investment and Finance, 2007).
Forthcoming events
Queen Mary pays tribute to Professor John Ramsden, Wednesday 15 September 2010; Alumni Reunion Weekend, Friday 1 – Saturday 2 October 2010; Department of Physics Alumni Day – ‘Contemporary Particle Physics’, Saturday 2 October 2010;
30th Anniversary Conference, CCLS, 3 November 2010; BATLAA Dinner and Dance, Friday 19 November 2010
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