Nancy Rothwell

**Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell** DBE DL FRS FMedSci FRSB FBPhS MAE  (an haife ta a 2 ga Oktoba 1955 ) masanin ilimin lissafi ne na Burtaniya. Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kasa da mataimakin shugaban Jami'ar Manchester daga 2010 zuwa 2024,   bayan ta kasance mataimaki a duka matsayi har zuwa Janairu 2010.

Rothwell ya yi aiki a matsayin wanda ba babban darakta na kamfanin magunguna na AstraZeneca daga 2006 zuwa 2015.  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin co-shugaban Majalisar Kimiyya da Fasaha, kuma tsohon shugaban Royal Society of Biology . 

GG She served as Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester and served as chair of the Russell Group from 2020 to 2023, which represents 24 of the research intensive universities in the UK. In March 2021, students at the University of Manchester passed a vote of no confidence in Rothwell due to her response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

An haifi Rothwell a Tarleton, ƙauyen da ke kusa da Preston, Lancashire . Ta yi karatu a Makarantar 'yan mata ta Penwortham sannan ta tafi kwaleji inda ta dauki Matakan A a lissafi, kimiyyar lissafi, ilmin sunadarai da fasaha, bayan ta bar ilmin halitta tana da shekaru 14. Ta shiga Jami'ar London kuma ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin lissafi (1976) da kuma digiri na Doctor of Philosophy (1979) daga Kwalejin Sarauniya Elizabeth (yanzu wani ɓangare na Kwalejin Sarki, London).  Rothwell ta sami digiri na Doctor of Science (DSc) a shekarar 1987 daga King's College London . 

Rothwell's early research identified mechanisms of energy balance regulation, [[Kiba|obesity]] and [[cachexia]]. In 1984 she was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and numerous grants by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). She was appointed to a chair in physiology in 1994, then a Medical Research Council (MRC) research chair in 1998. Her current research focusses on the role of inflammation in brain disease and has identified the role of the cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) in diverse forms of brain injury. Her studies have begun to elucidate the mechanisms regulating IL-1 release and its action and her group have conducted the first early clinical trial of an IL-1 inhibitor in strokes. She served as president of the British Neuroscience Association and a council member of Medical Research Council (MRC). <sup class="noprint Inline-Template " style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

Daga Oktoba 2004, Rothwell ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa don bincike na jami'ar. A shekara ta 2010 tana kula da ƙungiyar bincike ta kimanin masana kimiyya 20, tare da mahimman kudade na waje kuma an sanar da ita don cin nasarar Alan Gilbert a matsayin shugaban kasa da mataimakin shugaban Jami'ar Manchester a ranar 1 ga Yulin 2010. Ita ce mai kula da Ciwon daji na Burtaniya, Kamfen don Ci gaban Kiwon Lafiya, memba na majalisa na BBSRC, shugaban Cibiyar Tsaro ta Bincike da Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen Jama'a na Wellcome Trust kuma ba babban darakta na AstraZeneca ba. A shekara ta 1998 ta gabatar da Royal Institution Christmas Lecture a kan The Secrets of Life, wanda BBC ta watsa a talabijin.

In January 2010, Rothwell was appointed deputy president and deputy vice-chancellor. Until Alan Gilbert retired she was acting president due to his sick leave. On 21 June 2010, she was appointed president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester. She assumed her post on 1 July 2010, succeeding Gilbert, who had retired after nearly six years. She became the first woman to lead the University of Manchester or either of its two predecessor institutions. Commenting on her appointment, she said: "I am honoured and delighted to be invited to lead the University at this exciting time. I am determined to maintain the strategic focus that we have developed over the past six years and to work closely with colleagues to identify new priorities and opportunities for the University in the very challenging external environment that we will face over the next few years."

The chairman of the appointment panel and chairman-elect of the university's board of governors, Anil Ruia, said: "Dame Nancy will bring her own distinctive strengths, perspective and style to the role of President and Vice-Chancellor which will enable the University to build upon the remarkable progress that we have made under Professor Alan Gilbert's leadership."&#x5B;**&#x5D; In 2009, Rothwell served as the first president of the Society of Biology.

A watan Afrilu na 2020, Rothwell ya rubuta wa ma'aikatan Jami'ar Manchester yana gargadi cewa asarar kudaden shiga da Cutar COVID-19 ta haifar zai haifar da raguwar albashi da yiwuwar asarar aiki. A watan Satumbar 2020 ta yi gargadin cewa daliban da suka kasa bin ka'idojin nisantar jama'a za a iya cire su daga harabar jami'a.

A cikin kaka na 2020 semester jami'ar ta kula da cutar da kuma kullewar kasa ta biyu ya haifar da zargi da zanga-zanga. A watan Satumbar 2020, jami'an jami'a sun ce sun dauki matakan kariya ciki har da isowa, nisantawa da kuma rage jadawalin lacca, kodayake ma'aikatan jami'a suna zargin cewa ana matsa musu su gudanar da koyarwar fuska da fuska. A watan Oktoba 2020 yankin Fallowfield, gidan Fallowfield Campus na jami'ar, ya ga karin shari'o'in COVID-19 fiye da kowane bangare na Burtaniya. Rothwell ya kaddamar da bincike bayan an gina shinge a kusa da mazaunan harabar a watan Nuwamba 2020 kuma ya nemi gafara ga "magana mara kyau" na jami'ar tare da dalibai. Kwanaki bayan haka dalibai sun fara yajin aiki kuma sun mamaye ginin harabar kuma sun bukaci Rothwell ya sadu da su don tattauna rangwamen haya da aka tsara. Daga baya a watan Nuwamba, Rothwell ya yarda cewa jami'ar ta yi "kuskuren" a cikin hanyar da take da ita ga cutar kuma ta ce, yayin da dalibai da yawa suka goyi bayan matakan, wasu sun ji "barka". Binciken ya ba da rahoto a watan Disamba na 2020, wanda ya gano gazawar Gudanar da aikin a bangaren jami'ar da kuma gazawar yin hulɗa da dalibai; Rothwell ya yarda da binciken kuma ya yi alkawarin aiwatar da shawarwarinsa.lfvnt

Har ila yau, a watan Nuwamba 2020, masu fafutukar wariyar launin fata sun yi kira ga Rothwell da ya yi murabus bayan wani abin da ya faru inda aka tsare wani dalibi baƙar fata kuma ake zargin masu tsaron jami'a sun nuna shi da wariyar launin fatar. Wani jami'in Jami'o'i da Kwalejoji ya ce Rothwell ya kamata ya "yi cikakken gafara" ga ɗalibin "kuma ya daina ƙoƙarin yin 'yan sanda ga ɗaliban jami'ar". A wata hira da aka yi da ita a kan Newsnight, Rothwell ta ce ta tuntubi ɗalibin don neman gafara. A lokacin hira ba ta tuntubi ɗalibin ba, kuma daga baya ta nemi gafara saboda da'awar cewa ta yi hakan.

A watan Fabrairun 2021, Jami'ar Manchester Students' Union (UMSU) ta kira kuri'ar rashin amincewa da Rothwell, karo na farko a tarihin jami'ar an haifar da irin wannan motsi.[1][2][3] Dalibai sun sami sa hannu 400 da ake bukata don kaddamar da raba gardama cikin sa'o'i.[2] Har ila yau, yakin neman zabe ya yi kira ga ma'aikata da dalibai su zabi mataimakin shugaban.[2] A watan Maris na shekara ta 2021 an amince da kuri'ar rashin amincewa tare da goyon bayan kashi 89 cikin 100 na masu jefa kuri'a. Duk da haka, kuri'ar ba ta da iyaka kuma mai magana da yawun jami'ar ya ce tana da "cikakken amincewa" ga Rothwell. [4][5]

Rothwell ta yi ritaya daga matsayinta na mataimakin shugaban kasa a watan Yulin 2024 kuma Duncan Ivison ya gaje ta.

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