Tilli Tansey

Professor
Tilli Tansey
OBE, FMedSci, HonFRCP
Education University of Sheffield
Occupation Professor of the History of Modern Medical Sciences
Known for
Medical career
Institutions Queen Mary, University of London

Professor Elizabeth M. Tansey OBE, FMedSci, HonFRCP, known as Tilli, is an Emerita Professor of the History of Modern Medical Sciences and former neurochemist, best known for her role in the Wellcome Trust's Witness seminars. She previously worked at Queen Mary, University of London.[1]

Witness seminars

Between 2012 and 2017, she was head of the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, on a five-year research project funded by the Wellcome Trust titled The Makers of Modern Biomedicine: Testimonies and Legacy, to record oral testimonies from those who have contributed significantly to modern medical sciences.[2]

Tansey’s Witness Seminar series, held at the Wellcome Trust Centre, had the aim of bringing together medical professionals, scientists and technicians in group discussions, with the purpose of learning about significant periods in the history recent medicine.[3][4][5] Topics covered have included oral contraceptives, genetic testing, and post-penicillin antibodies.[3]

Awards and honours

Tansey is an Honorary Member of the Physiological Society.[6] In 2015, at the centenary of Women’s membership of the Physiological Society, Tansey received the Paton prize and presented her prize lecture entitled "Maude, Nettie, Ghetel and George", a study of some women married to early nineteenth century Physiological Society members.[7][8]

In 2017 she was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine,[9]

Selected publications

She co-edited a book with Professor Sue Wray, celebrating one hundred years of women physiologists.[7]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Tilli Tansey | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Project to reveal hidden pioneers of modern medicine". Queen Mary, University of London. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Ronald E. Doel; Thomas Söderqvist (2006). "1. Introduction". The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine: Writing Recent Science. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-415-27294-0.
  4. ↑ "History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group celebrates 21 years of innovation | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "What is a Witness Seminar | The History of Modern Biomedicine". www.histmodbiomed.org. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Current Honorary Members". Physiological Society. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Professor Tilli Tansey awarded the Paton Prize - School of History". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lectures and Prizes" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Honorary Fellowship Ceremony and inauguration of new President". Royal Society of Medicine. 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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