Irene Tracey#
| Membership Number: | 5448 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/irene-tracey |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4134-6115 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - current Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford
- October 1st 2019 - present Professor Anaesthetic Neuroscience, University of Oxford
- October 1st 2019 - present Warden, Merton College, University of Oxford
- October 1st 2016 - to August 2019 Head of the Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
- 2007 - to October 2019 Nuffield Chair of Anaesthetic Science, University of Oxford & Fellow, Pembroke College
- Director, Oxford University Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB): founding member in 1997 and was Director of the Centre from 2005-2015
- May 2009 - October 1st, 2016 Head of the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics
- Associate Head of the Medical Sciences Division (School), University of Oxford (Jan 2014-October 1st 2016)
- Professor of Pain Research (September 2005-April 2007) & Maternity leave (February 2006-April 2006)
- University Lecturer (October 2001-July 2006): Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) and Medical Tutor, Christ Church & Maternity Leave (May 2001-September 2001)
- April 1997 - September 1997 Head of Applications (MRC Core Grant Position at FMRIB, September 1997-October 2001) & Maternity Leave
- 1996 - 1997 Post-Doctoral Research: One-year Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, Department of Clinical Neurology, England (to help establish and open the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB))
- 1994 - 1996 Post-Doctoral Research: Two-year Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School; MGH-NMR Centre, Boston USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroimaging of pain, analgesia and anaesthesia
- Clinical neuroscience
- Pain research: basic and clinical
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Triennial Patrick Wall Award from Royal College of Anaesthetists for contributions to field of pain
- 2009 Elected by special election as a Fellow of Royal College Anaesthetists for contributions to field of pain
- 2015 Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for scientific and leadership contributions to medicine
- 2017 Feldberg Foundation Prize winner
- 2018 Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award from British Neuroscience Association
