Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has been awarded the 2021 Presidential Distinguished Service Award
Dr Susan Hopkins has been honoured in the Science, Technology and Innovation category.
The highly prestigious award comes from the Irish government and it honours Irish diaspora members around the world for their contributions to the nation and its reputation abroad.
On receiving the award, Dr Susan Hopkins said:
Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, said:
Susan grew up in Kildare, Ireland and trained at Trinity College Dublin. She carried out her specialist training in Dublin hospitals before leaving to work in Seattle and Paris, before settling in London.
People receive this honour because they have:
The Presidential Distinguished Service Award was established to recognise the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora, and the first awards were made in 2012.