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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Janet_Hemingway > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Janet_Hemingway.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Hemingway > Source revision: 1332397599 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description| British infectious diseases specialist (born 1957)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Janet Hemingway | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|FMedSci|FRCP|size=100%}} | image = Professor Janet Hemingway.jpg | image_size = | alt = Portrait of Janet Hemingway | caption = Professor Janet Hemingway | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|06|13}} {{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Hemingway, Prof. Janet | id = U4000152 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000152 | edition = online [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|location=Oxford}} | birth_place = [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | death_place = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [University of Sheffield](/source/University_of_Sheffield) (BSc) * [London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine](/source/London_School_of_Hygiene_%26_Tropical_Medicine) (PhD)}} | workplaces = [Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine](/source/Liverpool_School_of_Tropical_Medicine) | thesis_title = Genetics and biochemistry of insecticide resistance in Anophelines | thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245379 | thesis_year = 1981 | fields = {{Plainlist| *[Vector Biology](/source/Vector_(epidemiology)) * [Insecticide resistance](/source/Pesticide_resistance)}} | awards = * Foreign Associate of the [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences) * [Manson Medal](/source/Manson_Medal) (2019) | website = {{URL|https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-janet-hemingway}} }} '''Janet Hemingway''' (born 13 June 1957){{Cite journal | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1302101110 | title = Profile of Janet Hemingway | journal = [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](/source/Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences) | volume = 110 | issue = 14 | pages = 5276–5278 | year = 2013 | last1 = Griswold | first1 = Ann | pmid = 23440199 | pmc = 3619356 | bibcode = 2013PNAS..110.5276G | doi-access = free }} is a British [infectious diseases](/source/Infectious_diseases_(medical_specialty)) specialist. She is the former director of the [Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine](/source/Liverpool_School_of_Tropical_Medicine) (LSTM), founding director of the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON) and [Professor](/source/Professor) of Tropical Medicine at LSTM.{{Cite web |title=Professor Janet Hemingway |url=https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-janet-hemingway |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=LSTM |language=en}} She is the president of the [Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene](/source/Royal_Society_of_Tropical_Medicine_and_Hygiene).{{Cite web |title=Janet Hemingway announced as RSTMH President, alongside Medals and Awards ceremony {{!}} RSTMH |url=https://rstmh.org/news-blog/news/janet-hemingway-announced-as-rstmh-president-alongside-medals-and-awards-ceremony |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=rstmh.org}} She is the international director of the Joint Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in [Jizan](/source/Jizan), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia).[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b045z8wb Janet Hemingway, The Life Scientific 2014-06-10] BBC Radio 4 ==Early life and education== Hemingway was born in a small mining town in [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire) in 1957 to parents who owned a [corner shop](/source/corner_shop). She obtained a first-class honours degree in [zoology](/source/zoology) and genetics from the [University of Sheffield](/source/University_of_Sheffield), where she set up the university's first [mosquito](/source/mosquito) insectary as part of her thesis project. She did a PhD at the [London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)](/source/London_School_of_Hygiene_and_Tropical_Medicine) and obtained her doctorate after two years of studying the [biochemistry](/source/biochemistry) and genetics of [insecticide resistance](/source/insecticide_resistance) in ''[Anopheles](/source/Anopheles)'' mosquitoes.{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|first=Janet|last=Hemingway|title=Genetics and biochemistry of insecticide resistance in Anophelines|publisher=London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London)|year=1981|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.245379}}|author-link=Janet Hemingway|url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/31665498?style=html|website=jisc.ac.uk}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00209.x| pmid = 11029667| title = Identification of a point mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan Anopheles gambiae associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids| journal = Insect Molecular Biology| volume = 9| issue = 5| pages = 491–7| year = 2000| last1 = Ranson | first1 = H.| last2 = Jensen | first2 = B.| last3 = Vulule | first3 = J. M.| last4 = Wang | first4 = X.| last5 = Hemingway | first5 = J.| last6 = Collins | first6 = F. H.| s2cid = 25869705}} ==Research and career== Hemingway specialises in the [biochemistry](/source/biochemistry) and [molecular biology](/source/molecular_biology) of specific [enzyme](/source/Enzyme_kinetics) systems associated with [xenobiotic](/source/xenobiotic) resistance, most notably the [malaria](/source/malaria)-transmitting mosquito.{{Cite journal | pmid = 9230114 | year = 1997 | last1 = Vaughan | first1 = A | title = Co-amplification explains linkage disequilibrium of two mosquito esterase genes in insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 325 | pages = 359–65 | last2 = Hawkes | first2 = N | last3 = Hemingway | first3 = J | pmc = 1218568 | issue=2 | doi=10.1042/bj3250359 }}{{Cite journal | pmid = 12225925 | year = 2002 | last1 = McCarroll | first1 = L | title = Can insecticide resistance status affect parasite transmission in mosquitoes? | journal = Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | volume = 32 | issue = 10 | pages = 1345–51 | last2 = Hemingway | first2 = J | doi=10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00097-8 | bibcode = 2002IBMB...32.1345M }}{{Scopus|id=7005972853}} She was the first to report the co-amplification of multiple [gene](/source/gene)s on a single [amplicon](/source/amplicon) and demonstrate their impact on disease transmission. For her 2012 contributions to the prevention of tropical disease vectors, she received the [Commander of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE).{{cite web |title=Prof Janet Hemingway |url=http://www.ivcc.com/about/ivcc-team/prof-janet-hemingway |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531062615/http://www.ivcc.com/about/ivcc-team/prof-janet-hemingway |archive-date=31 May 2016 |df=dmy-all}} In 2019, she became the first woman to be awarded the [Manson Medal](/source/Manson_Medal) (jointly with David Warrell). == Personal life== Hemingway runs a 15 acres farm in a remote corner of the Cheshire countryside in the north part of England. Her home is a converted Victorian farm built in 1840. "She shares it with five horses, two dogs, a cat and, for now, her daughter ... and her partner {{cite web |author=Andy Bounds |title=Janet Hemingway: working on Covid-19 — and her farm |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b8b013b6-9375-11ea-af4b-499244625ac4|publisher=Financial Times|date=12 June 2020 }}." == Awards and honours == * Northern Leadership awards, 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/iicon-director-liverpool-school-of-tropical-medicines-professor-janet-hemingway |title=iiCon Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Professor, Janet Hemingway, wins two awards at Northern Leadership Awards 2023 |author=|date=April 3, 2023 |website=LSTMED |publisher=|access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=}} * [Manson Medal](/source/Manson_Medal), 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/article/david-warrell-receives-2019-sir-patrick-manson-medal |title=David Warrell Receives 2019 Sir Patrick Manson Medal |last=Lewis |first= Riley |date=November 15, 2019 |website=St Cross College |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=}} * Awarded [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) for services to the control of tropical disease vectors in the Queen's [2012 Birthday Honours](/source/2012_Birthday_Honours).{{cite web|title=Queen's Birthday Honour for the Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |url=http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/2012/janet-hemingway-cbe |access-date=2013-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200737/http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/2012/janet-hemingway-cbe |archive-date=2014-07-14 }} * Elected a [Fellow of The Royal Society](/source/Fellow_of_The_Royal_Society) (FRS) in 2011{{cite web|title=Professor Janet Hemingway FRS|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/janet-hemingway-11605/|author=Anon|year=2011|access-date=2013-10-11}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](/source/Creative_Commons_license)." --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}} * Elected a Fellow to the [American Academy of Microbiology](/source/American_Academy_of_Microbiology) in 2011{{cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-7173 |title=Janet Hemingway |author= |date= |website=ORCID |publisher=|access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=}} * Elected a Foreign Associate to the United States [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences) in 2010 * Conferred Honorary Doctor of Science by [University of Sheffield](/source/University_of_Sheffield) in 2009 * Inaugurated as a Fellow of the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians) in 2008 * Inaugurated as a Fellow of the [Academy of Medical Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Sciences%2C_United_Kingdom) (FMedSci) in 2006. In 2019, the annual Hemingway Award (a joint award between the [Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene](/source/Royal_Society_of_Tropical_Medicine_and_Hygiene) and LSTM) was created to recognise Hemingway's achievements at LSTM.{{cite web|url=https://www.iapb.org/news/caroline-harper-awarded-the-hemingway-award/ |title=Caroline Harper awarded the Hemingway Award |author=|date=November 28, 2019|website=The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness |publisher=|access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://www.rstmh.org/medals-awards/hemingway-award |title=Hemingway Award 2023 |author=|date=|website=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |publisher=|access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/janet-hemingway-11605/}} ==External links== * [https://www.infectioninnovation.com iiCON website] {{FRS 2011}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemingway, Janet}} Category:Living people Category:1957 births Category:British parasitologists Category:British fellows of the Royal Society Category:Malariologists Category:Female fellows of the Royal Society Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Category:Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Category:Academics of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Category:Alumni of the University of Sheffield --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Janet Hemingway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Hemingway) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Hemingway?action=history)). 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