Region. Honour for UWS dean

The University of Western Sydney has awarded the Foundation Dean, of the UWS School of Medicine, Emeritus Professor Neville Yeomans, with an Honorary Doctorate of Science. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Janice Reid, said the honour was in recognition of his distinguished achievement and service, the innovative E-teaching Laboratory in the Medical School Building at Campbelltown, which will be named The Neville Yeomans Learning Laboratory. Prior to accepting the role as Foundation Dean, in 2004, Neville Yeomans held a Professorship in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He was the founding chair at Western Hospital, in Melbourne; was clinical service director, at the Division of Emergency Medicine; and head of the Centre for Oncology and Gastroenterology Services in Western Health.