Professor Soraya Dhillon has excelled in the field of Higher Education and Healthcare. She is the first Asian Head of a School of Pharmacy and pioneered the development of the new School at the University of Hertfordshire. She launched the MPharm degree in 2005 and now employs over 30 academic staff, with over 400 undergraduate pharmacy students and will produce the first graduates in June 2009. Soraya has 20 years academic experi- ence in pharmacy education and research recognised nationally and internationally.