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Errol Morrison

Jamaican scientist (born )

Errol York St Aubyn Morrison (born 21 September ) is a Jamaican scientist who has done extensive work in diabetes and is president of the University of Technology, Jamaica.[1]

He entered the University College of the West Indies where he acquired an interest in Biochemistry.

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He subsequently gained a medical degree from the Royal University of Malta, a master's degree from University College London, and a doctorate and two professorships from the University of the West Indies where he served as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.[2] He then left the University to become President of the University of Technology, Jamaica.

He has carried out pioneering work in the medical field with a particular interest in diabetes.[3] In , he pioneered the formation of the Diabetes Association of the Caribbean, which now has 26 member countries, and was its president from to and its vice president from to In , he launched the University Diabetes Outreach Project (UDOP) with the help of a Wolfson Foundation grant.

He played a key role in partnerships between the International Diabetes Federation and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in responding to the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes, by applying the St. Vincent Declaration intervention model to the Americas, in the form of the Declaration of the Americas on Diabetes or DOTA ().

In he was awarded a Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.[4]

References

  1. ^"Professor the Honorable Errol York St Aubyn Morrison"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 23 May Retrieved 6 February
  2. ^"University of Technology, Jamaica - About UTech".

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  3. ^Morrison, E. Y.; Ragoobirsingh, D.; Thompson, H.; Fletcher, C.; Smith-richardson, S.; McFarlane, S.; Pascoe, K.; Dasgupta, T.; Fray, J. C. (). "Phasic insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: manifestations and cellular mechanisms". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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  4. ^"Musgrave Awardees". Institute of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 18 October Retrieved 6 February