British physiologist, medical researcher and academic
Dame Nancy Rothwell
DBE DL FRS FMedSci FRSB FBPhS MAE
Rothwell in academic dress for a graduation ceremony for the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester in 2015
President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2010
Preceded by
Alan Gilbert
Personal details
Born
Nancy Jane Rothwell
(1955-10-02) 2 October 1955 (age 68)[1] Tarleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Education
Penwortham Girls' Grammar School
Alma mater
University of London (BSc, PhD, DSc)[1]
Salary
£260,000 (2021–22)[2]
Awards
Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture (1998)
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1998)
Website
manchester.ac.uk/research/nancy.rothwell
Known for
President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
Scientific career
Fields
Obesity
Strokes
Metabolism
Neuroscience
Brown adipose tissue[4][5][6][7]
Institutions
University of Manchester
University of London
Queen Elizabeth College
AstraZeneca
Thesis
Physiological mechanisms involved in the regulation of energy balance(1979)
Doctoral advisor
Mike J. Stock[4][7]
Nancy Rothwell's voice
from the BBC programme The Life Scientific, 2013-07-07[3]
Dame Nancy Jane RothwellDBE DL FRS FMedSci FRSB FBPhS MAE[1][8] (born 2 October 1955[9]) is a British physiologist.[10] She has served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester since July 2010,[11] having served as Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor until January 2010.
Rothwell served as non-executive director of pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca from 2006 to 2015,[12] co-chair of the Council for Science and Technology and past President of the Royal Society of Biology.[13][14][15]
She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester[16][17] and since September 2020 has been chair of the Russell Group, which represents 24 of the leading universities in the UK.[18] In March 2021, students at the University of Manchester passed a vote of no confidence in Rothwell due to her response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ abcAnon (2003). "Rothwell, Dame Nancy (Jane)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U43057. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^"Financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2022". University of Manchester. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^"Nancy Rothwell". The Life Scientific. 7 May 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ abCite error: The named reference stock was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Selvarajah, J.; Scott, M.; Stivaros, S.; Hulme, S.; Georgiou, R.; Rothwell, N.; Tyrrell, P.; Jackson, A. (2008). "Potential surrogate markers of cerebral microvascular angiopathy in asymptomatic subjects at risk of stroke". European Radiology. 19 (4): 1011–1018. doi:10.1007/s00330-008-1202-8. PMID 18987865. S2CID 417275.
^Selvarajah, J. R.; Smith, C. J.; Hulme, S.; Georgiou, R.; Sherrington, C.; Staniland, J.; Illingworth, K. J.; Jury, F.; Payton, A.; Ollier, W. E.; Vail, A.; Rothwell, N. J.; Hopkins, S. J.; Tyrrell, P. J. (2011). "Does inflammation predispose to recurrent vascular events after recent transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke? The North West of England transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke (NORTHSTAR) study". International Journal of Stroke. 6 (3): 187–194. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00561.x. PMID 21557802. S2CID 25940748.
^ abCite error: The named reference thelifescientific was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Academy of Europe: Rothwell Nancy". Ae-info.org. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^Who's Who in Greater Manchester; golden jubilee edition. Manchester: Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, 2002; p. 313
^Susan Wray; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2015). "Women Physiologists: Centenary celebrations and beyond" (PDF). physoc.org. London: The Physiological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Bury failure and celebrate success
^"New President and Vice-Chancellor for The University of Manchester". New President and Vice-Chancellor for The University of Manchester.
^"ASTRAZENECA PLC – Officers (Free information from Companies House)".
^"As it happened: Q&A with Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell > The Mancunion". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013.
^Brown, Matthew (September 2004) "A Society Fellow", in: AUTlook. Association of University Teachers; no. 231, pp. 24-25.
^"Society of Biology welcomes new President". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
^"Greater Manchester Lieutenancy – Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DL PhD DSc". manchesterlieutenancy.org. 30 January 2022.
^Nancy Rothwell Official website
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