Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, was born on 24 March 1938 and is an Australian and British scientist.
14 Facts About Bridget Ogilvie
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Bridget Ogilvie was educated at the New England Girls' School, finishing in 1955.
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Bridget Ogilvie completed a BRurSC degree in Rural Science at the University of New England, graduating with the university medal in 1960.
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Bridget Ogilvie was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to attend Girton College, Cambridge, where she earned a PhD for her work on Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
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Bridget Ogilvie remained as Director until she retired in 1998.
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Bridget Ogilvie served on the main Board of Lloyds Bank, then Lloyds TSB bank.
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Bridget Ogilvie has many honorary degrees from universities in several countries and was the High Steward of the University of Cambridge from 2001 to 2009.
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Bridget Ogilvie was the first Chairperson of the Medicines for Malaria Venture Board.
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Bridget Ogilvie has served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sense about Science since its establishment and is a Visiting Professor at University College London.
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In 1994, Bridget Ogilvie won the Kilgerran Prize of the Foundation for Science and Technology.
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Bridget Ogilvie is a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
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Bridget Ogilvie is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
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Bridget Ogilvie is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.
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In 2016 the Wellcome Sanger Institute named their new building after Bridget Ogilvie, dedicated for next generation sequencing operations.