UCL staff and alumni recognised in 2021 New Year’s Honours

Congratulations to all members of the UCL community who have been recognised in the 2021 New Year's Honours. Professor David Ormerod QC (UCL Laws) has been appointed a CBE for services to criminal justice. A Professor of Criminal Justice at UCL and co-director of the UCL Judicial Institute, Professor Ormerod is also a Deputy High Court Judge and between 2010 and 2019 served as the Criminal Law Commissioner for England and Wales. Professor Ramani Moonesinghe (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) has been made an OBE for services to anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care. She is Head of the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and Head of the Department of Targeted Intervention, both at UCL.  Professor Moonesinghe is also the NHS England / NHS Improvement's National Clinical Director for Critical Care and an honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust. Commenting on her award, Professor Moonesinghe said: "I am immensely grateful for the support I've received from my friends and colleagues at UCL and UCLH. "I am lucky to work with so many phenomenal local colleagues driving forward perioperative care, and to have had the chance to play a small role in the national effort to support critical care in this incredibly challenging year." Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Professor Mark Emberton, added: "Ramani is a model clinical academic - greatly valued as a great doctor, hugely admired as an inspirational researcher." Professor Mohan Edirisinghe (UCL Mechanical Engineering) has been awarded an OBE for services to biomedical engineering.