Lucy Cavendish College Director of Studies elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Ruth Cameron has been awarded this prestigious Fellowship alongside 72 other leading figures in the field of engineering and technology.
Ruth was honoured for outstanding contributions to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical delivery.
This year, Professor Ruth Cameron was awarded the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize. A Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Ruth received the prize from the Institute of Physics, for her outstanding contributions to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical delivery.
The Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize was founded by the IOP in 2008. It honours distinguished contributions to physics applied to the life sciences, including medical and biological physics. By celebrating pioneering work in physics, it follows the tradition of Rosalind Franklin herself – an x-ray crystallographer who was critical to our understanding of DNA. The medal comes with a prize of £1,000.
As well as a Fellow, Ruth is Director of Studies in Physical Natural Sciences at Lucy Cavendish College. She is the College’s Research Mentor in the Sciences, and her own research focusses on tissue engineering, scaffolds and 3D environments. She uses ice templating techniques to control tissue growth, and explores biodegradable polymers and composites to facilitate tissue repair. Potential applications of her work include cartilage repair in the knee, cardiac patches, nerve grafts, breast cancer research and bioreactors for the generation of blood products. She received the Prize for these innovative applications of physics to pharmaceutics and regenerative medicine; the IOP commended her outstanding record in the field. At Cambridge, Ruth works in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and is a director of the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials.
Ruth said:
"I am honoured and delighted to have received this medal and prize. It is a privilege to work with the remarkable scientists in the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials on research that has the potential to impact the treatment of many medical conditions, and to be part of the vibrant academic environment of Lucy Cavendish."
College President Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins said:
“Congratulations to Ruth for winning this award! Her work is both exciting and essential, with its potential to innovate and transform lives. Ruth is an outstanding example of our Fellows, and we continue to be inspired by her research achievements.”
Learn more about Ruth’s work here.
