Nancy Rothwell

Dame Nancy Rothwell
Rothwell in academic dress for a graduation ceremony for the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester in 2015
Born	Nancy Jane Rothwell (1955-10-02) 2 October 1955 (age 61) Tarleton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Fields	Obesity Strokes Metabolism Neuroscience Brown adipose tissue
Institutions	University of Manchester University of London Queen Elizabeth College AstraZeneca
Alma mater	University of London (BSc, PhD, DSc)
Thesis	Physiological mechanisms involved in the regulation of energy balance (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Mike J. Stock
Doctoral students	(~50 in total)
Known for	Christmas Lecturer (1998) Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester Research on Brown adipose tissue and Cytokines
Influences	Bridget Ogilvie Ian MacDonald Derek Miller
Notable awards	DBE (2005) Deputy Lieutenant FRS (2004) FRSB FMedSci MAE
Website manchester.ac.uk/research/nancy.rothwell
Nancy Rothwell's voice from the BBC programme The Life Scientific, 2013-07-07

Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell DBE DL FRS FMedSci FBPhS (born 2 October 1955) is a British physiologist, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester since July 2010, having been Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor since January 2010. Rothwell is also a director of pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca, co-chair of the Council for Science and Technology and past President of the Royal Society of Biology.

Rothwell was born in Tarleton, a village near Preston, Lancashire. She was educated at Penwortham Girls’ Grammar School and then went to college where she took four A-levels in maths, physics, chemistry and art. She enrolled at the University of London and obtained a first class degree in physiology (1976) and a Doctor of Philosophy degree (1979) from Queen Elizabeth College, now part of King's College, London. Rothwell was later was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1987 by King's College London and an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Bath in 2009.