www.icuh2014.com is proud to announce Professor Ian Jacobs, The
University of Manchester’s Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Medical
and Human Sciences as one if its special guest speakers at the conference next
March (4th-7th).
Professor Jacobs qualified from Cambridge University and the
Middlesex Hospital specialising as a surgical
gynaecological oncologist, focusing on women’s health throughout his
distinguished career. In 2005 he established the Uganda Women’s Health
Initiative which he Chairs and which conducts a series of projects in Uganda
including a cervical screening programme. He has also been president of the
British Gynaecological Cancer Society (2001-2004) and of the European Society
of Gynaecological Oncology (2005-2007) and is now: Medical Advisor to the Eve
Appeal (Gynaecology Cancer Research fund) which he founded in 1985, a Patron of
Safehands for Women, a consultant to Becton Dickinson, non-Executive Director
of Abcodia Ltd and holds an NIHR Senior Investigator Award.
He has undertaken some groundbreaking research focusing on: genetics,
epidemiology, proteomics and biomarkers in risk assessment, detection and
screening for gynaecological cancer, with him and his team winning grant awards
worth more than £25 million and he is considered to be one of the foremost
authorities on gynaecological cancers.
As well as his roles at the University of Manchester,
Professor Jacobs is also Director of the Manchester Academic Health Sciences
Centre (MAHSC) http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/. A
partnership between the University of Manchester and six NHS organisations,
including: the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Salford Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS
Foundation Trust and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation
Trust. In a recent list, compiled by the
Health Service Journal, several MAHSC
members were named as some of the most influential people in health, Including
Professor Jacobs, they say their purpose is “to realise the full potential of
our academic-healthcare and wealth creation capabilities, to generate real
benefits for people in Greater Manchester, the UK and worldwide.”
To hear Professor Ian Jacobs talk about his work at ICUH
2014 (4th – 7th March) you can register at http://www.icuh2014.com/Home/RegCard
or via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/icuh2014
and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ICUH2014
You can also stay up to date on Professor Jacobs’ work and
any other goings on in the Faculty of Medical and Human Science in ‘The Dean’s
Update’at: http://blogs.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/dean/.
