President wins award

10 March 2004

Deafness Research UK President, Lord Ashley of Stoke, was recently presented with the British Neuroscience Association's Award for Public Service.

The award is presented annually to a non-scientist who has significantly raised public awareness and understanding of the need for continuing brain research, and who has campaigned tirelessly to help those with disabilities and less privileged in our society.

In presenting the award last December, Professor Nancy Rothwell, President of the BNA, said the choice of Jack Ashley this year had been simple and unanimous, reflecting admiration and respect for his life-time's work, in and out of parliament, on behalf of the hearing-impaired. The audience was humbled by the enormity and generosity of his contribution to their welfare, she said.

The British Neuroscience Association is a learned society that provides support for the work of clinicians, academics, educationalists and industrialists in the field of neuroscience research. It hosts events to ensure the rapid dissemination of the latest research findings, and engages in public debates and activities designed to enhance a general understanding of progress in brain research in the community.