Post by University College Dublin

💙💛 Our warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Cormac Taylor, who has been named the recipient of The Physiological Society’s 2027 Widening Participation in Physiology Prize Lecture. The annual prize lecture recognises impactful work to increase the number and diversity of people studying and conducting research in physiology. Professor Taylor is a passionate advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in science, with a particular focus on the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ scientists and the importance of engaging men in EDI initiatives. A Professor at the UCD School Of Medicine, Cormac completed his PhD in Pharmacology at UCD in 1996 before undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on new therapeutic approaches to inflammatory bowel disease, and he has published more than 120 research papers and supervised more than 20 PhD students. He was elected to The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in 2014, the same year he received Nature’s Midcareer Mentorship Award, and in 2017 received the Takeda Distinguished Research Award from the American Physiological Society. Founded in 1876, The Physiological Society is the largest network of physiologists in Europe, bringing together scientists from more than 60 countries. The Society promotes physiology internationally through scientific meetings, research and collaboration grants, education and public engagement, and its leading scientific journals.