Professor Graham M Teasdale has become the first European to be awarded the Philip L. Lance Award for promoting public awareness of brain injury.

Professor Teasdale, of the Department of Neurosurgery, received the award from the USA based International Brain Injury Association at its annual public event in Charlotte, North Carolina. The award was made in recognition of his work in developing the Glasgow Coma Scale, an internationally recognised means of measuring the severity of brain injury, and for his work in promoting an understanding of brain injury and its treatment.

Professor Teasdale says: "The pleasure in receiving the award lies in the recognition it gives to the work carried out by a large team in Glasgow over three decades and the way this recognition has spread from the academic community to the public at large, particularly among victims of head injuries and their families and carers".

The international award follows recognition in Scotland through the 'Scot of the Year' award in Science and Medicine to Professor Teasdale in 1997 and of the 'Disabled Scot of the Year' to one of his patients, Connie Taylor whose illness and recovery was the subject of an award winning television documentary in the 'Visit' series.

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For further information contact Prof Teasdale on 0141 201 2106 or email g.m.teasdale@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

First published: 23 January 2001