Irene Tracey

Irene Tracey
CBE FRS FMedSci MAE FRCA
Oxford Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey giving an address in 2023
Irene Tracey giving her admission speech on becoming Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 2023.
Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2023
ChancellorThe Lord Patten of Barnes
Preceded byLouise Richardson
Personal details
Born
Irene Mary Carmel Tracey

(1966-10-30) 30 October 1966 (age 58)
Oxford, England
Spouse
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(m. 1994)​
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Children3
EducationMerton College, Oxford (MA, DPhil)
Known forVice-chancellor of the University of Oxford
AwardsSuffrage Science award (2014)
Feldberg Prize (2017)
Websitewww.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/irene-tracey Edit this at Wikidata
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience[2]
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Harvard University
ThesisMRS and biochemical studies on animal models of human disease (1993)
Doctoral advisorJeffrey F. Dunn[3]

Irene Mary Carmel Tracey (born 30 October 1966)[1] is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and former Warden of Merton College, Oxford.[4][5] She is also Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor (without portfolio) at the University of Oxford.[6] She is a co-founder of the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), now the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging.[7] Her team’s research is focused on the neuroscience of pain, specifically pain perception and analgesia as well as how anaesthetics produce altered states of consciousness. Her team uses multidisciplinary approaches including neuroimaging.[2][8][9]

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  4. ^ "Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci nominated as next Oxford Vice-Chancellor | University of Oxford". ox.ac.uk. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  5. ^ "Professor Irene Tracey". Merton College, Oxford. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  6. ^ "Irene Tracey". ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  7. ^ "Irene Tracey announced as new FENS President-Elect". bna.org.uk. British Neuroscience Association. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  8. ^ www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/irene-tracey Edit this at Wikidata
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