Professor Shirley Pearce CBE BA MPhil PhD is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006. A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Loughborough University is a Campus university located in the Market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands Before becoming the University's 7th Vice-Chancellor Professor Pearce held was a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Dean of the Institute of Health. Health psychology is concerned with understanding how Biology, behavior and social context influence Health and Illness. The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963 She had also served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 2001 to 2004. The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963
Professor Pearce was educated at Norwich High School for Girls, before studying Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford University, gaining a BA in 1975. Norwich High School for Girls is an independent fee-paying school with selective entry located in Norwich, Norfolk, England. St Anne's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the She was later awarded an MPhil in Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Psychology by the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK.
She joined the National Health Service as a Clinical Psychologist at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1977, and remained there until her appointment as lecturer then senior lecturer in Psychology at University College London. The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four Publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom collectively or individually (although St Mary's Hospital is a Hospital located in Paddington, London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London
Her move to the University of East Anglia in 1994 was in order to become the Chair of Health Psychology and inaugural director of the School of Health Policy and Practice, becoming Dean of the Schools of Health in 1997 and leading the bid for a new medical school at UEA during this period.
Professor Pearce was made Pro Vice Chancellor for the Health and Professional Schools in 2000, before becoming Dean of the Institute of Health and Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice at UEA. During this time she was also a Non-executive director of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority and a Commissioner for the Healthcare Commission. NHS Strategic Health Authorities (SHA are part of the structure of the National Health Service in England. The Healthcare Commission is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. In June 2005 she was made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to the NHS. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom.
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| Preceded by Professor Sir David Wallace |
Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University 2006– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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