Fellow 1983-1989

Research Interests
Membrane transport and transport proteins; drug resistance in cancer and microorganisms; human genetics and disease.

Other Information
Awarded 1987 Fleming Medal by the Society for General Microbiology
Fellowship extended by 3 years to 30.9.91
Promoted to Reader in the Department of Biochemistry from 1.10.87
Professor of Molecular Genetics (Personal Chair) in the Department of Biochemistry from 1.10.88
Elected Fellow of EMBO, 1988
Resigned fellowship on appointment as Principal Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and Fellow of Keble College, 1.10.89
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1990
Awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholarship, 1.1.93
Appointed Nuffield Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford, 1.10.93
Elected a Member of the Institute, November 1993
Awarded the CIBA Medal & Prize by the Biochemical Society, 1994
Member of Governing Council of John Innes Centre, 1994-2000
Member of BBSRC, 1997-2000
Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998
Director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, from 1998-2007
Council, Academy of Medical Sciences, 2000-2003
Scientific Advisor, House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cells, 2001-2002
Professor of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College & Head of Division, Imperial College School of Medicine, 1.1.98
Executive Council, Association of Medical Research Charities, 2003-2007
Appointed Chair of SEAC (Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee) 01.08.04 to 01.03.11
Elected fellow of Royal Society of Arts, 2005
Commissioner (Human Genetics Commission) 2006-2009
Appointed Vice Chancellor & Warden, Durham University, 2007
Board member of the Regional Development Agency ONE, 2007-2011
Russell Group board member, 2011-2015
Chair, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain 2011-2021
Appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Durham (DL), 2009-2015
Served as Pro-Chancellor Durham University, 2014
Retired, 2015
International Advisory Board, University of Tubingen, 2015-present
Governor, West Suffolk College and Suffolk Academies Trust, 2015-present
Trustee, Britten Pears Arts, 2017-2021