UCL staff and alumni recognised in New Year Honours

Congratulations to members of UCL's community who have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2024. Emeritus Professor Valerie Lund CBE (UCL Ear Institute) has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rhinology. Dame Valerie is Emeritus Professor of Rhinology at UCL and, in a career spanning more than 40 years, has led many groundbreaking studies identifying the causes, diagnosis and treatment of nasal and sinus problems. In this time, she has also been an Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital, and University College Hospital (all London). On receiving her honour, Dame Valerie said: "I am deeply honoured to receive this, which recognises the importance of ENT and specifically conditions of the nose and sinuses, which profoundly affect  millions of people worldwide. I  am extremely grateful   all the colleagues in the UK and abroad who have supported and encouraged me throughout my career, without whom t'his award could not have happened."  Professor Maurice Biriotti (UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities) has been awarded an OBE for services to business, to academia and to philanthropy. He is a Professor of Applied Humanities at UCL, and the Co-Director of the UCL Arista Institute, an interdisciplinary research centre that seeks to use academic insights to provide meaningful and sustainable real-world changes.