CITATION FOR STEPHEN STANSFIELD FOR THE RALEIGH MEDAL

Stephen is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and was Head of the Centre for Psychiatry at Barts & the London, Queen Mary, University of London for 15 years (1999-2014). He was first exposed to the world of noise and health at the Institute of Psychiatry, where Tarnopolsky was conducting his influential studies of the effects of aircraft noise in West London on mental health in the local communities. Stephen went on to complete a PhD on noise sensitivity and mental health in 1989. His monograph “Noise, noise sensitivity and psychiatric disorder” published in 1992 became a seminal article on the complex relationships between noise sensitivity and psychiatric disorder, and highlighted the importance of noise sensitivity as a moderator and mediator of the noise and health relationship. In the following years Stephen took leadership roles in some of the most influential UK & international studies on noise and health, including the Caerphilly Study, the West London Schools study, the EU-funded RANCH project and the EU-funded ENNAH network. More recently he chaired the Guideline Development Group for the WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines 2018. Stephen retired in 2017 but has continued to promote the assessment of noise effects on health, contributing to expert panels for Thames Tideway, Heathrow Expansion and High Speed 2. Despite his incredible achievements, Stephen has always demonstrated a down to earth personality, and has always been willing to share his extensive expertise for the greater good, to innovate, to foster collaboration and to support and develop early career researchers.