Journal of Paramedic Practice consultant editor, Professor Ian Peate, awarded OBE

We were delighted to hear that our friend and colleague, Ian Peate, has recently been awarded an OBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. I have known and admired Ian for a long time, having first met when we worked together at the University of Hertfordshire, where Ian was then Associate Head of School.

Ian has since developed his academic role, currently working as Professor of Nursing at the School of Health Studies, Gibraltar and also Professor of Nursing to the St George's University of London and Kingston University London. His publishing roles include editor in chief of the British Journal of Nursing, a member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. In addition, he is one of the founding consultant editors for the Journal of Paramedic Practice and a nurse consultant at Mark Allen Healthcare Ltd.

Ian's clinical practice and academic interests began with the emergence of HIV/AIDS and the ignorance and fear associated with this new emerging disease, both from the public and student nurse's inexperience of understanding this new condition. This further piqued Ian's interest in men's health and the inequality in care. His research and subsequent publication has resulted in Ian's being a leading expert in the field of men's health and sexual health.