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Frances Ashcroft awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Lund

Awards and Appointments

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Lund in recognition of her research into neonatal diabetes.

On 2nd June 2017 Frances Ashcroft attended the award ceremony at the University of Lund where, as part of the proceedings, a canon was fired marking the exact moment when the top hat was placed upon her head!

 

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