Chairs

University of Wolverhampton

Ilana Crome, of the university's school of health sciences department of addiction studies, has been appointed professor of addiction psychiatry.

John Moores University

Ray Donnelly, founder and chairman of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, has been appointed professor of lung cancer studies.

University of Cambridge

Andrew Wyllie, head of the pathology department at the University of Edinburgh and co-director of Cancer Research Campaign laboratories, has been appointed to the professorship of pathology. Noticeboard is compiled by Lynne Williams. For further details contact NetGazette http://thesis.co uk