26 | FOREVER Keele
ALUMNI & STAFF SUCCESS
Queen ’ s Birthday Honours 2022
Professor Trevor McMillan , Vice-Chancellor of Keele University , has been awarded an OBE for services to higher education in the Queen ’ s Jubilee Birthday Honours , which mark the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the United Kingdom .
Professor McMillan was awarded a PhD in Biophysics at the Institute of Cancer Research , University of London , in 1984 . He spent three years at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and then headed a laboratory in a department that was jointly run between the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital .
As a radiation biologist , Professor McMillan has published widely on the role of DNA damage and repair in the efficacy of radiotherapy and the harmful cellular effects of UVA following environmentally relevant exposures . He has taught at all levels in universities and to medical professionals around the world on the biological basis of cancer treatments . On the basis of this he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists .
Professor McMillan held a variety of roles at Lancaster University , culminating with eight years as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research , and has been Vice-Chancellor of Keele University since 2015 .
Nationally , he is the Knowledge Exchange Champion for Research England . He was Chair of the Knowledge Exchange Framework Steering Group and continues as Chair of the Knowledge Exchange Concordat Strategy group . He published guidance on technology transfer from universities , which has had a significant impact on the performance of knowledge exchange in the UK higher education sector , and has been supported by government .
Speaking of the honour , Professor McMillan said : “ This really is an enormous honour that I am very proud to receive . A major part of leadership in universities is to create an environment that gives opportunities for staff , students and the communities of people and organisations that you work with to do wonderful things . I have been lucky to be surrounded by people who have been fantastic in what they have achieved , and I can only hope that I have had a small role in enabling that .”