Professor Jill Belch named CBE in New Years Honours list

Professor Belch is an expert in Vascular Medicine at our School of Medicine and is a prominent clean air campaigner, with her recent research showing that elevated levels of air pollution cause more children to be admitted to hospital with respiratory problems. 

She is a founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science and a Fellow and Council Member of the Royal Society, Edinburgh. She is currently Head of the Institute of Cardiovascular Research. Her research interests centre on cardiovascular disease with especial reference to peripheral arterial disease (PAD), evaluating biomarkers, inflammation, endothelial function and novel treatments. She also has a keen interest in the Microcirculation and is researching environmental issues such as the effects of air pollution on health. Professor Belch is Chair or former Chair of trial steering committees for 19 international multicentre clinical trials of new treatments for vascular disease, and she has authored over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals.