Professor Fitzsimons said: “I am genuinely blown away to receive this great honour.

“Throughout my nursing career in the health service and university setting, I have always considered it a privilege to care for people and to advocate for their needs through my own clinical practice, education, research or policy making.

“Doing a job you love to the best of your ability never feels like work, so this really is amazing.”

 

Queen’s University Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Ian Greer said: 

“I would like to offer my congratulations to the Queen’s staff and those in our wider University community who have been recognised in this year’s birthday honours – this is a testament to their hard work and dedication in their respective fields. These colleagues are helping to shape a better world by driving forward our University’s work in changing lives for the better by providing educational opportunities, driving prosperity, and finding solutions to the many major and existential challenges facing our communities and the wider world since 1845.”