In Memoriam: Dame Bridget Ogilvie

We are very sorry to share the news that Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie AC, DBE, PhD, ScD, FRS, FRCPath, FMedSci, Honorary Fellow of St Edmund’s College died on 27 April 2026, aged 88 years.

She was formerly High Steward, sometime Director of the Wellcome Trust, former member of the Council for Science and Technology and Chair of the Com­mit­tee on the Pub­lic Under­stand­ing of Sci­ence, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Kilgerran Award-winner, Duncan Davies and Ralph Doherty Medallist.

You can read more about Dame Ogilvie on the Lister Institute website.