Sussex professors recognised in New Year's Honours list
A renowned cancer expert who has helped to change the way doctors deal with the psychological effects of the disease has been made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours.
Lesley Fallowfield, Professor of Psychosocial Oncology and Director of SHORE-C
Maurice Howard, Professor of Art History, in the Victoria and Albert Museum with a great silver leopard, a life-size flagon for wine, of early 17th-century design
Professor Lesley Fallowfield, Director of Sussex Health Outcomes, Research and Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) on the University of Sussex campus, has published more than 300 papers, book chapters and text books during her career.
Professor Fallowfield specialises in psychosocial oncology, which focuses on understanding and treating the social, psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of cancer.
She teaches young doctors to communicate better with patients and help them come to terms with their diagnosis.
Professor Fallowfield, who is also Professor of Psychosocial Oncology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), said: “I am absolutely thrilled to learn that I will be the first Professor of Psycho-oncology to be awarded a Damehood.
“I have no idea who the generous people were who felt motivated to nominate me, but I'd like to thank them and the doctors and nurses I've been privileged to work with over the years.”
Also in the New Year's Honours list, University of Sussex at historian Professor Maurice Howard has been made an OBE for services to higher education and architectural heritage.
He said: "I am very pleased to be honoured in this way and am humbled by the support and advice so many colleagues at Sussex have given me over many years.
"I hope I have enthused generations of students with a curiosity about art history and built up their stamina for the field work we must necessarily do!"
Professor Howard has been involved in many exhibitions for learned societies and for national museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
He was Director (2007-10) and then President (2010-14) of the Society of Antiquaries of London, with responsibility for publications, research and the dissemination of the story of the Society's history and collections.
Professor Howard said: "As for my service to all the heritage organisations, the V&A, the Society of Antiquaries, the National Trust, Historic Royal Palaces and our special link with West Dean College, I hope that everything I have done has helped build strong relationships for the University and enabled our students to get access to libraries, benefit from placements, end up getting professional jobs with such organisations."
Professor Howard is principally an architectural historian of Early Modern Europe whose research has encompassed the arts of painting and the applied arts. His work has focused mainly on architecture in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.