We are sad to learn that Professor Sir George Radda has died, and extend our condolences to his family and friends.
Professor Radda was our first Head of Department when the Medical Sciences Division merged the Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics and the University Laboratory of Physiology to create the single Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics in 2006.
Professor Radda received numerous prestigious awards and honours during his career for his pioneering efforts in using spectroscopic techniques for metabolic studies. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to science, and knighted in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to biomedical science.
From 1996, until his retirement in 2004, Professor Radda was Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council in the UK. He was Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Emeritus Professor of Molecular Cardiology, a Fellow of the Royal Society and was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology.
Read The Times obituary here