Dr Pamela Ewan, head of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology department at Addenbrooke's, has been made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to healthcare.
Dr Ewan has played a major role in the development of allergy as a specialty and influenced public policy on the development of allergy services. She led a national campaign to highlight the need to improve NHS allergy services. She is past President of the British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology, and co-founder and co-chair of the National Allergy Strategy Group. She co-produced the Royal College of Physicians Report 'Allergy: the unmet need' and has acted as an advisor to both Parliament and the Department of Health. Her main interest is clinical allergy and her clinical research has influenced clinical practice and public awareness through work on peanut allergy.
Dr Pamela Ewan said: "I am honored and delighted to receive this award, particularly because this highlights the enormous need for allergy services for patients."
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