Professor awarded Faculty of Public Health Fellowship through Distinction

Professor Andrew McAuley

Glasgow Caledonian University Professor in Public Health Andrew McAuley has been elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health through Distinction in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field.

Professor McAuley, who said he was “incredibly honoured and proud” to be elected, will be formally admitted to the Fellowship through Distinction at the Faculty’s awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 24, in London.

Professor Kevin Fenton, President of the Faculty of Public Health, told Professor McAuley: “I very much look forward to welcoming you to the Faculty of Public Health Fellowship and I am delighted that we have been able to recognise your outstanding contribution to public health.”

The Faculty of Public Health is the professional standards and membership body for public health specialists and practitioners, and has about 6000 members across the UK and overseas.

Professor McAuley said: “When I started out in public health more than 20 years ago, I certainly didn’t envisage the journey that lay ahead for me, never mind achieving Fellowship status. During that time, I have worked across all the public health domains of health improvement, health services and health protection, mainly with a focus on substance use-related work but with the odd pandemic thrown in!

“Public health is often a challenging, but also rewarding, environment to work in and I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in developing, implementing and evaluating public health policies that have made a real difference to population health in Scotland.

“The Fellowship is an endorsement, of not just my own work, but that of the many dedicated and supportive colleagues I’ve worked with throughout my career. I hope to continue the journey with my teams across Glasgow Caledonian University and Public Health Scotland in the coming years.”

Professor McAuley is part of the School of Health and Life Sciences’ Research Centre for Health (ReaCH), and works between the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses and Substance Use research groups. He is also a Consultant Healthcare Scientist (Epidemiology) in the Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections team at Public Health Scotland, where he has a lead role for projects involving people who inject drugs.