We are very sorry to announce the death of Emeritus Fellow Professor Sue Iversen at the age of 85.
Sue completed a BA, PhD and ScD at Girton College, Cambridge and went on to be a Fellow of the college between 1966 to 1975. She was a Reader in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Cambridge from 1966 to 1983 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1981 to 1993.
Sue joined the Merck Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre in Harlow in 1983 until 1993 and was a SERC Council member between 1991 to 1994 and a BBSRC Council member between 1994 to 1997.
Sue was elected Professor and Head of Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, and Fellow of Magdalen from 1993. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999 and elected to a Supernumerary Fellowship of Magdalen whilst Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University in 2000. Sue was elected to an Emeritus Fellowship of the college in 2005.
In 2005, Sue was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours List.
Dinah Rose KC
President