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organisation in the UK , one that my tutors at Keele many years ago would have been proud ."
Dr Carmel McCalmont MBE
Dr Carmel McCalmont , former medical ethics and law masters student , has been awarded an MBE for services to midwifery . Dr McCalmont is a celebrated midwife who has dedicated almost 40 years to helping expectant mothers and students across the Midlands and most recently has worked as Director of Midwifery at Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Partnership .
Dr Gaye Blake-Roberts MBE
The Chair of Keele University ’ s College of Fellows has been recognised in this year ’ s Queen ’ s Birthday Honours List .
Dr Gaye Blake-Roberts , Chair of Keele ’ s College of Fellows and an Honorary Doctor of Keele University , has been awarded an MBE for services to heritage . Dr Blake-Roberts is the former director and curator of Wedgwood Museum Trust and is credited for saving the Wedgwood Museum in Staffordshire , now known as the V & A Collection at World of Wedgwood .
In addition to her work at Wedgwood , Dr Blake-Roberts has been heavily
involved in the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust since it was founded and is now Vice-President and Chair of its Collections and Learning Committee . She also assisted in the formation of the Coalport China Works Museum .
Dr Blake-Roberts is currently Chair of the Raven Mason Collection which is housed at Keele Hall , as well as being a senior research fellow attached to the research department of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London .
Commenting on her award , Dr Blake- Roberts said : “ I ’ m deeply honoured to be recognised in this way . I ’ ve been fortunate to work with such wonderful colleagues and I feel very humbled that I ’ ve been given this award .
“ In many cases my work has been a team effort but I ’ m very fortunate to have played such a significant role .”
Having graduated from Keele in 2014 with a degree in medical ethics , Dr Thalia Arawi has gone on to lead the way in this field in her home country of Lebanon and around the world and is now a member of the World Health Organisation ’ s Covid-19 Ethics Working Group .
" I did a BA in sociology at the American University of Beirut and then wanted to move on to medicine . After auditing a philosophy course , I did my Masters in political and moral philosophy . After my masters , I still had this love for medicine and philosophy , so went to the Medical College of Wisconsin before completing my bioethics degree at Keele , which helped me join my two passions .
" Keele opened my eyes to new things . The exchange of culture at Keele was very enriching and I loved the beautiful campus and surroundings . We had an amazing intellect in our professors . I managed to eventually leave with a network of colleagues and friends , and I take pride in the University .
" The team at Keele taught us to share and disseminate the information we had and most importantly to never stop learning . There is always something new to learn and no one is truly an expert . We are all in a continuous learning process .
" After leaving Keele , I founded the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Programme ( SHBPP ) at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Centre . The SHBPP is the first and only regional bioethics and professionalism programme in the Arab region , where I live . The programme is one of its kind and I faced a lot of challenges at the beginning , but now there is a strong belief that bioethics and medical ethics are part of the medical profession and can ’ t be without them . When I founded the programme , our mission was to be a regional programme , but we have since moved to other universities in Lebanon and all over the world and are now celebrating our 10-year anniversary .