Philip Cotton

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Philip Cotton
OBE FRCGP
Vice-Chancellor of University of Global Health Equity
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2024 (2024-04)
Education Riddlesdown High School
Alma mater University of St Andrews
University of Glasgow

Philip Cotton OBE FRCGP is a British physician and university administrator who has served as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Global Health Equity since April 2023. He was previously the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rwanda between 2015 and 2020. He is also a methodist preacher. [1]

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Early life and education

Cotton was born in Birmingham, England and was educated at Riddlesdown High School in Croydon, South London. [2] [3] After a period of teaching English in Nepal, in 1981 he began his studies in anatomy at the University of St Andrews where he was President of the Student Voluntary Service. [4] He completed his medical education at the University of Glasgow which involved electives abroad in India and Tanzania. [5]

Career

After working as a general practitioner for NHS Scotland and rising to the position of Professor at the University of Glasgow Medical School, Cotton took secondment to set-up and become Principal of Rwanda's first medical school, the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Rwanda. [3] He was later promoted to become the university's Vice-Chancellor, and then became Head of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program before becoming the Vice-Chancellor of University of Global Health Equity in 2024. [6]

Cotton is also a volunteer doctor for Freedom from Torture and a director of St Andrew's Clinics for Children, a Scottish-based charity aimed at supporting clinics in Africa. [7]

Honours

Cotton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to education in Rwanda. [8] He holds honorary professorships at the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow and was elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mastercard Foundation's Philip Cotton Selected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh". Mastercard Foundation. 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Birmingham academic training Rwanda's next generation of researchers". Birmingham City University.
  3. 1 2 Laurance, Jeremy (March 2014). "Philip Cotton: building a medical college in Rwanda". The Lancet. 383 (9923): 1119. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60553-5.
  4. ↑ "Equity in education – Alumni and supporters". University of St Andrews Alumni Relations.
  5. ↑ "Innovating Global Health Education: Insights from University of Global Health Equity's Vice Chancellor Philip Cotton". Harvard International Review. 11 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Dushimirimana, Anitha (16 February 2024). "The University of Global Health Equity Welcomes Professor Philip Cotton as New Vice Chancellor". UGHE. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Prof Phil Cotton". University of Glasgow School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing.
  8. ↑ Byumvuhore, Frederic (19 June 2017). "University of Rwanda vice-chancellor recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". The New Times.
  9. ↑ "Professor Philip Cotton". Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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