Principal’s Medal awarded to Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley

First awarded in 2008, the Principal’s Medals celebrate the achievements and dedication of the professional services and academic colleagues and current students who have delivered exceptional service, in supporting and serving the University or the wider community and demonstrated strong alignment to the University’s values. Recipients can be nominated by students and staff.

Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley 

Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, and Co-Head of Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at Usher, was recognised for her exceptional contribution to leadership, through her roles as the University Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, as Head of the Deanery for Molecular Genetics and Population Health Sciences, and as a global leader in research in Medical and Family Sociology.  

Previous awards and recognition 

As an Institute, we take great pride in our colleagues' having been honoured with Medals on four occasions in previous years: 

• 2013 Professor Scott Murray, St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, Centre for Population Health Science(Also recognised: Dr Elizabeth Grant, Dr Kirsty Boyd and Dr Marilyn Kendall in Professor Murray’s Primary Palliative Care Research Group)

• 2017 Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Usher Institute

• 2019 Professors Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, and Harish Nair, The Usher Institute

• 2021 Professor Linda Bauld, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health and Co-Head of the Centre for Population Health Sciences  

Further information 

Honorary graduates recognised at winter ceremonies | The University of Edinburgh

Sarah Cunningham-Burley Profile | The University of Edinburgh 

2021 Principal's Medals for Professor Linda Bauld and the TestEd team | Usher Institute 

2019 Principal's Medal Winners | Usher Institute 

2017 Principal's Medals winners | The University of Edinburgh 

2013 Principal's Medal winners announced | The University of Edinburgh