The Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme (HDPSP) Advisory Committee brings together nine highly accomplished and recognised academics from a range of backgrounds. Chaired by Professor Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, the HDPSP Advisory Committee meets at least once each academic year and is responsible for the oversight of the HDPSP and its strategic direction.
The HDPSP Advisory Committee
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Professor Bhaskar Vira (Chair) is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, and Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography, a Fellow of Fitzwilliam Colleage, and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College. |
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Sir John Benger is the 40th Master of St Catharine’s. He completed his undergraduate studies at St Catharine’s and his doctorate at Worcester College, Oxford, which explored Elizabethan puritan polemical and satirical writings. He went on to join the House of Commons Service in 1986 and was the 51st Clerk of the House of Commons from 2019 until September 2023, serving as the chief adviser to the House on matters of parliamentary procedure, privilege and broader constitutional issues. In the 2023 New Year Honours list he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath for services to Parliament. |
| Dr Holly Canuto is Senior Tutor at St Catharine's College, and Director of Pre-Clinical Medical and Veterinary education at the School of Biological Sciences. | |
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Professor Sir John Aston is Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life at the Statistical Laboratory in the Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics. From 2017-2020 he was the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser, and was knighted in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to statistics and public policymaking. |
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| Professor Fiona Gribble is Professor of Endocrine Physiology at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and the Wellcome MRC Institute of Metabolic Science. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. | |
| Professor Srinivasan Keshav is the Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, ACM, and IEEE. | |
| Dr Catherine Lindon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, where she is Director of Postgraduate Education. She is a fellow of Newnham College and their Director of Studies in Preclinical Medicine. Until recently she was also a Research Theme Lead of the School of Biological Sciences. | |
| Professor Teresa Webber is Professor of Palaeography in the Faculty of History. She is a Fellow of Trinity College and a Fellow of the British Academy. |
