We are delighted to announce that Professor Tilli Tansey has been recognised with an OBE in the New Year Honour's list (link is external), for services to Research in the Medical Sciences and to the Public Understanding of Science. Professor Tansey completed a PhD on octopus brain chemistry before working as a research neuroscientist. In 1990 she was awarded a second PhD in medical history before joining the Wellcome Trust. She joined us in 2010, where she heads the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group.