Professor Prem Kumar

Categories: Cardiovascular, Metabolism (inc diabetes and obesity), Physiology, Sensory
Location: University of Birmingham

Fellow 1995-2000

Research Interests
Mechanisms of oxygen sensing and impact of hypoxia. The role of ion channels, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the maturation of oxygen sensing and the effect of hypoxia upon cardiorespiratory disease.

Other Information
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, 1.10.96
Appointed Reader from 1.8.97
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2001
Deputy Editor in Chief, Journal of Physiology, 2005
Appointed Director of the Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, 2015
Appointed Chair of the Physiological Society’s Publications Committee, 2015
Connections Editor, Experimental Physiology 2015
Physiological Society Otto Hutter Prizewinner 2016
Fellow, Physiological Society 2018