Kathryn Mitchell (biological psychologist)
Kathryn Mary Mitchell, CBE, DL (born May 1963[1]) is the vice-chancellor of the University of Derby.
Kathryn Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Derby | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2015 | |
| Chancellor | William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington |
| Preceded by | John Coyne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | St Helens, Merseyside, England |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Website | www |
Early life
editMitchell was born and brought up in St Helens in Lancashire. Her father died when she was young, and she was brought up by her mother, who was a deputy head. Mitchell attended the Notre Dame High School, a direct grant grammar school, before going on to the University of York to read psychology.
Career
editShe became a biological psychologist after largely teaching herself molecular biology.[2]
Mitchell became a Wellcome fellow studying neurotransmitters at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. This work was related to Alzheimer's disease, and she was able to work with Nobel laureate Paul Greengard.[2] She worked at the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Institute in New York and the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel.
Professor Mitchell was deputy vice-chancellor of the University of West London.[3] She was also pro vice-chancellor academic and student support services and dean of students at West London University.[4]
Mitchell was appointed as vice chancellor of the University of Derby in July 2015, succeeding John Coyne, who retired.[5] She is the first woman vice chancellor at the University of Derby.
She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire.[6]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to higher education.[7]
References
edit- ^ Companies House
- ^ a b Ashworth, Pat. "Kathryn Mitchell - the University of Derby's new Vice-Chancellor". Derbyshire Life and Countryside. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "57 inspirational Derbyshire women". derbytelegraph. 29 September 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Professor Kathryn Mitchell delivers lecture on her academic career". University of West London. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Derby appoints Kathryn Mitchell as next v-c". Times Higher Education. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Deputy Lieutenants
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.