Professor Irene Higginson, Professor of Palliative Care & Policy has been named within the top 30 in female scientists in the UK by Research.com.

Only the top 1,000 female scientists are displayed in the rankings which aim to “inspire female researchers, women pondering an academic profession, as well as decision-makers around the world with the example of successful women in the research community.”

The rankings are compiled using the h-index, which measures the impact of a researcher’s publications by combining the number of papers they have published and how often they are cited by others.

Professor Irene Higginson is, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London, Founding Professor of the Cicely Saunders Institute, Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences. Irene is active in research and education and in the top 1% of highly cited academics world-wide. Through her current research programmes, she investigates treatments, symptom management, access and services in palliative care. She has published over 700 articles in peer-reviewed journals and over 50,000 citations.