Colin Angus awarded prestigious public health fellowship
Senior Research Fellow Colin Angus has been awarded Fellowship through Distinction of the Faculty of Public Health.
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is a membership organisation and registered charity for more than 5,000 public health professionals across the UK and around the world.
Each year Fellows are asked to nominate outstanding individuals to join FPH. Election to Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health via the distinction route recognises those who have made a significant contribution to one or more of the following areas:
- to the science, literature or practice of public health
- to raising the profile of public health
- to the work of FPH itself
Colin received the Fellowship through Distinction in recognition of his work on alcohol policy, particularly around minimum unit pricing, and his COVID data analysis.
He received his fellowship at the Faculty of Public Health's Annual Awards Ceremony on 25 June 2024 at the Royal College of Physicians in London.
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