Jamaican scientist (born )
Errol York St Aubyn Morrison (born 21 September ) is a Jamaican scientist who has done extensive work in diabetes and is president of the University of Technology, Jamaica.[1]
He entered the University College of the West Indies where he acquired an interest in Biochemistry. He subsequently gained a medical degree from the Royal University of Malta, a master's degree from University College London, and a doctorate and two professorships from the University of the West Indies where he served as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.[2] He then left the University to become President of the University of Technology, Jamaica.
He has carried out pioneering work in the medical field with a particular interest in diabetes.[3] In , he pioneered the formation of the Diabetes Association of the Caribbean, which now has 26 member countries, and was its president from to and its vice president from to In , he launched the University Diabetes Outreach Project (UDOP) with the help of a Wolfson Foundation grant. He played a key role in partnerships between the International Diabetes Federation and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in responding to the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes, by applying the St. Vincent Declaration intervention model to the Americas, in the form of the Declaration of the Americas on Diabetes or DOTA ().
In he was awarded a Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.[4]