160 | Recognising Excellence
Principal’s Award for Excellence S ix outstanding staff members of the Cave Hill Campus were recognised and duly awarded the Principal’s Award for Excellence. In the Academic Staff category, Dr Kim Quimby of the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre (GA-CDRC) was awarded for Outstanding Contribution in a combination of two or more academic categories, while Dr Madhuvanti Murphy also of the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre (GA-CDRC) and Dr Nkemcho Ojeh of the Faculty of Medical Sciences were awarded for Excellence in Research. Dr Michael Campbell of the Faculty of Medical Sciences was awarded for University Service and Public Service. In the Administrative, Technical and Service (ATS) Staff Category, Mrs Kay Davis of the Office of the Deputy Principal and Mr Jevon Seale of Campus IT Services were awarded for Outstanding Service to the Campus Community.
Dr Kim Quimby
In recognition of Outstanding Contribution in a combination of two or more academic categories Dr Kim Quimby ( Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (UWI), Master of Science Immunology (KCL) and Doctor of Philosophy Immunology (UWI) and currently a postgraduate in Medical Leadership at Birkbeck, University of London ) is a Senior Lecturer in Immunology at the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, a unit of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research, The University of the West Indies. The talented Dr Quimby has successfully transitioned from laboratory-based research to applied translational research. Her work now centres on fostering social part- nerships to reduce risk factors associated with cardiovas- cular disease. She coordinates the implementation of a community-based low-calorie dietary intervention for the induction of type-2 diabetes and pre-diabetes remission. She has shown the protocol to be both feasible and clinically effective. Importantly, the impact is obvious in both the local and global settings. The local impact is that her team has now trained 27 community members from three faith- based organisations to perform blood pressure, glucose, and weight measurements. These community members are now able to support the activities in a diabetes remission
Dr Kim Quimby
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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