OUR ALUMNIAlumni <strong>news</strong>COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARS IN THE NEWAUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTSenator George Brandis(1981 CommonwealthScholar from Australia, BCLLaw, University of Oxford)has been appointedAttorney-General of Australia,following recent elections.He spoke of the pivotal partSenator GeorgeBrandis, 1981CommonwealthScholar and Attorney-General of Australiahis scholarship has playedin his life. ‘Winning theCommonwealth Scholarship,and the opportunity to studyat Oxford, was the definingmoment of my career.Everything I have achievedin the years since for thebetterment of my country was made possible bythe Commonwealth Scholarship, for which I will beforever grateful.’Josh Frydenberg,1996 CommonwealthScholar andAustralian MPJosh Frydenberg (1996Commonwealth Scholar fromAustralia, MPhil InternationalRelations, University ofOxford) was re-electedas MP for Kooyong, andhas been appointedParliamentary Secretary tothe Prime Minister. ‘My newrole involves leading ourderegulation agenda whichwill see the government cutAUD 1 billion a year in redand green tape. Deregulationis a vital microeconomicreform, and I look forward toapplying myself to this task.’ALUMNUS APPOINTED TO UGANDANCONSTITUTIONAL COURTJustice Professor Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza(1986 Commonwealth Scholar from Uganda,LLM Commercial Law, University of Bristol) wasappointed a Justice of the Uganda ConstitutionalCourt/Court of Appeal in July 2013. Lillian was thefirst female Professor of Law in the East Africanregion, and the first female Deputy Vice-Chancellorof Makerere University, Uganda.Lillian has published three books that are in usein East African law schools. ‘I have examined theinteraction between law and legal institutions andnon-legal social institutions, such as culture, andsocial factors,’ said Lillian. ‘The work links the lawwith the socioeconomic and cultural milieu, offeringan invaluable critique of the law from a lived realityperspective. It presents important lessons for lawreform and development.’DELIVERING URBAN DESIGN QUALITYAntoine Zammit (2004 Commonwealth Scholarfrom Malta, MSc Development and Planning: Town& Country Planning, University College London) hasrecently been awarded a PhDin urban design in Malta byUniversity College London,his former host institution.Examiners praised his thesisas an ‘immaculate piece ofwork’.Antoine’s thesis takes Maltaas a case study and questions Dr Antoine Zammit,the role of development 2004 Commonwealthcontrol in delivering urban Scholar and recentdesign quality. ‘My aim was PhD graduateto determine the possiblerelationship between theplanning process and thequality of urban design outcomes on the ground,and provide recommendations to stimulate arethinking of planning practice,’ he explained.Antoine is the Founding Architect of Malta-basedpractice Studjurban and a Lecturer at the Departmentof Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, University ofMalta.IMPROVING KIDNEY HEALTHCARE IN RURALINDIADr Sanjay Vikrant (2010 Commonwealth AcademicFellow from India, Nephrology, Queen ElizabethHospital, Birmingham) is using the advancednephrology training he received during hisFellowship to deal with critically-ill patients. Sanjayis Head of the Department of Nephrology at IndiraGandhi Medical College, India, which is developingits own kidney transplant programme.Since his return, Sanjay has acquired new equipmentand carried out in-house training to make newpractices integral to the clinical services offered atthe hospital, which servesa state with a population of6.8 million people. Futurechallenges include providingtreatment in remote areas,and enabling more trainingopportunities to meet theseneeds.ALUMNUS APPOINTEDUNIVERSITYCHANCELLORDr Kevin Lynch,1972 CommonwealthDr Kevin Lynch (1972 Scholar and ChancellorCommonwealth Scholar of the University offrom Canada, MA Economi<strong>cs</strong>, King’s College, CanadaUniversity of Manchester)became the 14th Chancellorof the University of King’sCollege, Canada on 9September 2013. Kevin has previously served asClerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to theCabinet, Canada’s most senior civil service post.Awards andprizesDr Ruby Asmah (2004 Commonwealth Scholar fromGhana, PhD Aquaculture, University of Stirling) haswon the Leverhulme Royal Society Africa Award forthe ‘Planning for improved and sustainable cageaquaculture in Lake Volta, Ghana’ project. The threeyearproject will improve environmental monitoringand introduce sustainable cage aquaculture to thelake, and is a collaboration between Ruby andcolleagues at her former host institution.Dr Sanjay Kataria (2011 Commonwealth ProfessionalFellow, Middlesex University), Librarian at JaypeeInstitute of Information Technology, India, wasnamed SATKAL Young Librarian 2012.Dr Thomas J Murray (1967 CommonwealthScholar and 1985 Commonwealth AcademicFellow from Canada, Neurology/NeurologicalEducation, University of London/University CollegeLondon) was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Lawsdegree by Dalhousie University in May 2013, inacknowledgement of his contributions to medicalPhoto © University of King’s CollegeHave you changed job or email or postal address? 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education. Thomas wasalso inducted intothe Discovery CenterHall of Fame inNovember 2013 for hiscontributions to scienceand, in April 2014, hewill be inducted intoDr Thomas Murray,the Canadian MedicalCommonwealth ScholarHall of Fame for hisand Commonwealthcontributions to multipleAcademic Fellow fromsclerosis research.CanadaSalahuddin Nur (2011Commonwealth Scholarfrom Bangladesh,MSc Nanoelectroni<strong>cs</strong>and Nanotechnology,University ofSouthampton) has beenawarded the Dean’s Prizeby University CollegeLondon to support hisdoctoral research at Salahuddin Nur, 2011the London Centre for Commonwealth ScholarNanotechnology. from BangladeshUduak Udom (2010 Professional Fellow fromNigeria, World Council of Optometry) wasnamed as one of the Eye Health Leaders 2013by the International Agency for the Prevention ofBlindness, for her contribution to the developmentof the optometry profession in Nigeria andinternationally.PublicationsDr Abayomi Jimoh (2005 Commonwealth SplitsiteScholar from Nigeria, PhD Biotechnology ofthe Brackish Water Prawn, Lagos State Universityand University of Hull) has published part of hisPhD thesis in a paper titled ‘Mismatch betweenmolecular (mtDNA) and morphological classificationof Macrobrachium prawns from Southern Nigeria:Cryptic freshwater species and brackish watermorphotypes’, in Aquaculture (410-411: 25-31,2013)Kelechi Njoku (2011 Commonwealth Shared Scholar,MSc Public Health and Health Services Research,University of Newcastle) has published a paperbased on his Master’s thesis titled ‘Socioeconomicvariation in survival from childhood leukaemia innorthern England: 1968-2010’ in the British Journalof Cancer (108: 2339-2345, 2013)Dr Franklin Obeng-Odoom (2006 CommonwealthShared Scholar from Ghana, MSc Development andPlanning, University College London) has publishedGovernance for Pro-Poor Urban Development –Lessons from Ghana (Routledge, 2013)Dr Prabhugouda Patil (2011 CommonwealthAcademic Fellow from India, Convective HeatTransfer and Instability, University of Bath) ispublishing a paper based on his Fellowship researchtitled ‘The onset of convection in a porous layerwith multiple horizontal solid partitions’ in theInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer(January 2014).RecentappointmentsPaul Stephen Boyce (2008 Commonwealth SharedScholar from South Africa, LLM, University ofCambridge) has been appointed Program Managerat the National Centre for State Courts, USA.Dr Sandeep Buttan (2009 Commonwealth SharedScholar from India, MSc Community Eye Health,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)has been appointed Program Development Advisor– Eye Health and Health Systems Strengthening atSightsavers Asia.Julius Niba Fon (2004 Commonwealth SharedScholar from Cameroon, MA Ecological Economi<strong>cs</strong>,University of Leeds) has been appointed TechnicalProject Coordinator at FAO (Food and AgricultureOrganization), Cameroon.Mary Kachale,2008 and 2010Commonwealth Scholarfrom MalawiMary Dominica Kachale (2008 and 2010Commonwealth Scholar from Malawi, LLM andMPhil Law, University College London) hasbeen appointed Chief Legal Aid Advocate in theDepartment of Legal Aid, Ministry of Justice,Malawi.Professor Susan Mumm (1990 CommonwealthScholar from Canada, DPhil History, University ofSussex) has been appointed Dean of Arts andScience at Queen’s University, Canada.Dr Olayinka Nwachukwu (2003 CommonwealthScholar from Nigeria, PhD Soil Science, Universityof Glasgow) has been appointed Head of theDepartment of Soil Science and Meteorology atMichael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria.Dr Patience Ebehiremen Orukpe (2004Commonwealth Scholar from Nigeria, PhD ControlSystems, Imperial College London) has beenappointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Benin,Nigeria.Dr Maureen Owor,2004 CommonwealthScholar from UgandaDr Patience Orukpe,2004 CommonwealthScholar from NigeriaDr Maureen Owor (2004 Commonwealth Scholarfrom Uganda, PhD Human Rights Law, Universityof Bristol) has been appointed Director ofUndergraduate Studies at the University of Bristol,UK.Dr Murali Prasad (2011 Commonwealth ProfessionalFellow from India, Library and Archives Services,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)has been appointed Librarian at the Centre forEconomic and Social Studies, India.Scholastica Ukwoma (2011 CommonwealthProfessional Fellow from Nigeria, Library andLearning Services, University of East London) hasbeen appointed Senior Librarian and Head of DigitalLibrary Unit at the University of Nigeria.January 2014 11
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