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Professor Irene Tracey, CBE FRS FMedSci, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, said, ‘My warmest congratulations to all Oxford colleagues recognised in the New Year Honours. Their achievements embody the finest traditions of our University: rigorous scholarship, world-leading research, and a deep commitment to excellence and public service.’
Professor Nicholas Day CMG FMedSci has been appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to Global Health. He is Professor of Tropical Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Professor Day joined the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Vietnam in 1991 and worked first on the treatment of severe malaria, typhoid, tetanus and diphtheria. Since 2003 he has been Director of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), which conducts mainly infectious disease research aimed at improving health and well-being in low-resource communities.
‘Global health is rarely straightforward. Progress is hard won, setbacks are common, and the health inequities involved can be sobering. I have been extraordinarily fortunate to spend my career at MORU and before that at OUCRU, working alongside colleagues whose skill, courage, and generosity make meaningful work possible in the most difficult circumstances.
‘Anything I have achieved has depended on that collective effort, and I am deeply grateful to everyone across the MORU network, and to our partners, research participants, and my family for their trust and support.’