Selwyn College extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Charlotte Summers, Fellow and Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine, on her appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Charlotte is a Fellow and Director of Studies alongside her role as Director of the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute and Professor of Intensive Care Medicine.

A Southampton alumna herself, Charlotte was the UK's first NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine and subsequently received a Fulbright All-disciplines Scholar Award and a Wellcome Trust Fellowship for Postdoctoral Clinician Scientists. She is an internationally recognised clinician-scientist whose work focuses on improving outcomes for patients with acute and critical illness, particularly respiratory failure and lung injury.

Charlotte said: "Selwyn has been an important part of my life since I joined the college in 2017, and I will miss it very much. It is an honour to be a member of this diverse community where academic excellence thrives alongside outstanding pastoral care, and I will be following developments with keen interest from Hampshire."

We will be very sorry to see her go when she takes up the post in September 2026. Charlotte has been an outstanding colleague, and we wish her every success.