Winners of the Principal's Medal Awards. 2024Archie Goodburn - MEng Chemical Engineering studentMark Kobine - Design Informatics Workshop TechnicianSarah Cunningham-Burley - Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, and Co-Head of Centre for Biomedicine, Self and SocietyMastercard Foundation Scholars Program Team - accepted by Charlie Bevan on behalf of the TeamEdinburgh Innovations Student Enterprise Team - accepted by Dora Handrea on behalf of the Team2023Lindsay Jack - Director of Student Experience at the Edinburgh Law SchoolProfessor Peter Kind - Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesClaire Cruikshank - Head of Women’s Rugby at University of Edinburgh Sport & Exercise. Tara Schwarze-Chintapatla - MA (Hons) in Landscape Architecture graduate The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - accepted by Lindsay Dalziel on behalf of the Accreditation Team Student Administration – accepted by Lizzie Beattie on behalf of the Graduation TeamFurther information on the 2023 winners2022Lianne Henry - Head of Student Allocations, Accommodation, Catering and EventsLesley Penny - Director of Bioresearch & Veterinary ServicesStav Salpeter - recent graduate from the School of Social and Political Sciences & the Law SchoolKaren Riddell and Rebecca Whitefield, Protocol Team - joint winnersStudent Counselling Service - accepted by Ronnie Millar, Director, Student Counselling Service on their behalfFurther information on the 2022 winners2021TestEd Team - accepted by Tim Aitman, Chief Investigator for the TestEd Programme and Director of the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, on their behalfLinda Bauld, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health and Head of the Centre for Population Health SciencesPaul Gorman, Deputy Head of Help Services, User Services, Information Services GroupLauren Hall-Lew, Reader, based in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language SciencesDr. Emma Wild-Wood, Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Dr. Sara Parvis, Director of Postgraduate Taught Masters, in the School of Divinity - joint winnersFurther information on the 2021 winners2020Please refer to the Staff News article:Further information on the 2020 winnersNote: for 2020 the categories were dropped2019Exceptional ServiceProfessors Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, and Harish Nair, The Usher InstituteContribution to the CommunityDr Adam Budd, School of History, Classics and ArchaeologyFurther information on the 2019 winners2018Exceptional ServiceProfessor Helen Sang, Dr Vicky MacRae and Ms Catherine Eastwood, The Roslin InstituteContribution to the CommunityBharat Chaturvedi, undergraduate in the School of Social and Political ScienceFurther information on the 2018 winners2017Exceptional ServiceProfessor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Usher InstituteContribution to the CommunityAlexandros Angelopoulos and Sam Kellerhals, undergraduates in the School of GeoSciencesFurther information on the 2017 winners2016Exceptional ServiceMs Amy Woodgate and the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) TeamContribution to the CommunityColin Adams, Director of Commercialisation, School of InformaticsFurther information on the 2016 winners2015Exceptional ServiceMáire Cox, Communicator at OPENspace Research CentreContribution to the CommunityDr Andrew Gardiner, Senior Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesFurther information on the 2015 winners2014Exceptional ServiceJohanna Holtan, International Engagement Coordinator, Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA)Contribution to the CommunityNicholle Bell, PhD student in the School of ChemistryFurther information on the 2014 winners2013Exceptional ServiceProfessor Scott Murray, St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, Centre for Population Health ScienceAlso recognised: Dr Elizabeth Grant, Dr Kirsty Boyd and Dr Marilyn Kendall in Professor Murray’s Primary Palliative Care Research GroupContribution to the CommunityRebecca MacKenzie, Pro Bono Coordinator and Senior Teaching Fellow, Centre for Professional Legal Studies, Edinburgh Law SchoolFurther information on the 2013 winners2012Exceptional ServiceDr Jane Haley, Scientific Manager, Edinburgh NeuroscienceContribution to the CommunityMs Sharon Douglas, Administration Assistant, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility Education ProgrammeMs Dee Isaacs, Lecturer in Music, Edinburgh College of ArtFurther information on the 2012 winners2011Exceptional ServiceMs Karen Bowman, Director of Procurement; Mr Jake Broadhurst, International Projects Manager, Global AcademiesContribution to the CommunityDr Chris Speed, Reader in Architecture, Edinburgh College of ArtFurther information on the 2011 winnersNote: Two categories were introduced for 20112010Principal's MedalMr Paul Nisbet, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education; Joint Coordinator of Communication Access Literacy & Learning (CALL) ScotlandFurther information on the 2010 winner2009Principal's MedalBen Miller, Edinburgh graduate and Fairtrade campaignerFurther information on the 2009 winner2008Principal's MedalLesley Forrest, Senior Administrative Assistant, Financial AccountingGrant Guthrie, English Literature graduate and charity workerFurther information on the 2008 winners This article was published on 2024-10-07