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Professor Dame Kay Davies receives the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award

Awards and Appointments

Professor Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee’s Professor of Anatomy, was awarded the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award for her research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and championing of women in science.

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