Resigned fellowship on appointment as tutor and lecturer in the Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, with a Lectureship at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, 1.10.85
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Appointed Professor in the Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, l.8.96
Elected Fellow of Merton College, 1997
Elected Fellow of UCL, 1998
Appointed rep of the University of Oxford 2001
Elected member EMBO, 2010
Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology, 2011
Elected Fellow of Society of Biology, 2011
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 2013
Appointed a member of the Governing Body for a period of 6 years, 2015
Elected President of the Microbiology Society for 3 years from January 2019

Reader, Birkbeck, September 2016
Associate Professor, UCL, September 2016
Elected member of the Institute, 2019
Retired from Science 2021

Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow
Reader in the Department of Microbiology from 1.10.87
Professor (Personal Chair) in the Department of Microbiology from 1.10.89
Selected 1989 Fleming Lecturer of the Society for General Microbiology
Elected member of the Council for the Society of General Microbiology from 4.9.90 for 4 years
Member of the MRC & WHO Committees on Polysaccharide Vaccines
Member of the Cabinet Office Committee on the Human Genome
Now Retired

Maternity leave 1994 and fellowship extended to 1998
Maternity leave 1997 and fellowship extended to 2000
National Kidney Research Fund Fellowship from 1.9.00
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2001
Moved to Cardiff University, 2008
Appointed Senior Lecturer, 2010
Retired from Cardiff University, 2017

Senior Lecturer retrospectively from 1.10.89
Reader in the Department of Medicine from 1.10.92
Elected a Member of the Institute, July 1995
Promoted to Professor of Molecular Medicine, 1.2.00

Appointed Lecturer in Developmental Genetics, 1.10.02
Elected a Member of the Institute 2003
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, 2007
Retired from the University of Sheffield in August 2024

Senior Lecturer from 1.10.94
Appointed Reader, University of Warwick from 1.1.96
Awarded a personal chair from 1.10.00
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2000
Appointed Associate Dean (Biomedical Research), 2008-2010

Promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1.10.92
Appointed Reader Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences from 1.10.94
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Promoted to a personal chair in Biochemistry 1.7.00
Executive Editor, Nucleic Acids Research from 1.2.02
Appointed Head of Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 1.9.02
Taken a 50% position in July 2015 as Associate Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, whilst retaining post in Southampton (reduced to 50%)
Retired 2022, Awarded Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at Southampton University.
After retirement Keithwas ordained deacon in the Church of England in June 2024, and priest in 2025. Keith is serving as a non-stipendiary curate at Highfield Church in Southampton. He retains an active interest in Science-Faith discussions.

Appointed Senior Lecturer, 1992
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Appointed Specialist Subject Reviewer by the Quality Assurances Agency for Higher Education, 1998-2000
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2014
Professor of Physiology, 2017
Emeritus Professor of Physiology, 2019

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

Genetics Society, Balfour Lecturer – 1986
Elected member of the Institute – 1996
President International Mammalian Genome Society – 2002-2004
Elected Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh – 2008
Vice President, Genetics Society – 2008-2012
President, European Society for Pigment Cell Research – 2013-2016
Board Member, National Centre for the 3Rs – 2014-2019
Retired from MRC/University of Edinburgh – 2021
Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh – 2022

Promoted to Reader, Department of Genetics, 1984
Awarded the Colworth Medal for Biochemistry by the Biochemical Society
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, March 1986
Invention – DNA Fingerprinting Technology – exploited commercially by ICI under licence from the Lister Institute, June 1986
Fellowship extended by 5 years to 30.9.92
Carter Medal by the Clinical Genetics Society, 1987
Awarded the 1987 Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society
Awarded the Davy Medal for Chemistry and Biochemistry of The Royal Society, 1987
Professor (Personal Chair) in the Department of Genetics from 1.10.87
Awarded the Analytica Prize from the German Society for Clinical Chemistry, April 1988
“Midlander of the Year”, 1988
Leicester Publicity Association Achievement of the Year Award, 1989
Elected Fellow of the Forensic Science Society of India, September 1989
Elected Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, December 1989
Elected Fellow Royal College of Pathologists, 1991
Resigned Fellowship on appointment as Wolfson Research Professor of The Royal Society from 1.10.91
Elected member of the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee, July 1991
Awarded the Allen Award by the American Society of Human Genetics, 1992
Awarded the Milano Award, 1992, in memory of Norberto Montalbetti, by the Fondazione Internationale Biotechnologie, Milan
Elected a Member of the Institute, March 1992
Awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholarship, 1993-1998
Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, June 1993
Freedom of the City of Leicester conferred 27.8.93
Awarded the Lloyd of Kilgerran Prize from the Foundation for Science and Technology, November 1993
Honour of Knighthood conferred in the New Year’s Honours, 1994
Elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and awarded their gold medal for Zoology, 1994
Co-opted as a Governor of the Institute, 18.7.95
Awarded the Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Memorial Medal, 1995
Awarded the Albert Einstein ‘World Award of Science’ 1996 by the World Cultural Council
Elected Honorary Member, International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics, 1997
Awarded the Baly Medal by the Royal College of Physicians, 1997
Awarded the Society of Chemical Industry Medal, 1997
Elected Honorary Member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1998
Honorary Life Member, Leicestershire Medico-Legal Society, 1998
Co-recipient of the Australian Prize awarded in Molecular Genetics, 1998
Elected Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Biology, 1998
(conferment of the title, Chartered Biologist)
Awarded honorary degrees by the Open University, Luton University, St Andrews University and Strathclyde University
Elected as founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998
Awarded the Sir George Stokes Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999
Awarded the Edward Buchner Prize by the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2000
Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Society of Medicine, 2001
Work honoured by Royal Society of Chemistry with a National Historic Chemical Landmark Award, 2002
Voted Top Leicestershire Person by readers of The Leicester Mercury, 2002
Hon Member of the Biochemical Society, 2003
Given the AMP (Association of Molecular Pathology, USA) award for excellence in diagnostics, 2003
Awarded honorary DSc degrees by the Universities of Hull and Oxford, 2004
Awarded an Honorary Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2004
Co-recipient of Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, 2004
Recipient of a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
Awarded an Hon DSc by University of Leicester, 2004
Awarded the Royal Medal by the Royal Society, 2004
Awarded an Honorary DSc by Kingston University, 2005
Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Washington DC, USA, 2005
Honorary Fellowship conferred by the University of Swansea, 2005
Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, shared with Sir Edwin Southern, New York, USA, 2005.Awarded Dr H P Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
Winner of the Morgan Stanley Great Briton Award in Science & Innovation and overall winner of the award Great Briton 2006
Awarded Honorary DSc, University of Warwick, 2007
Awarded Honorary DSC, King’s College London, 2007
Awarded Honorary DSC, University of Teesside, 2007
Millennium Laureate, Millennium Foundation, Helsinki, Finland, 2008
Association of College Gold Award for Further Education Alumni, 2008
Awarded Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, University of Dundee, 2008
Awarded Distinguished Honorary Fellowship, University of Leicester, 2009
Awarded Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Huddersfield, 2009
Croonian Lecture Prize, Royal Society, London, 2010
ESHG Award 2010, the European Society for Human Genetics, 2010
Edward O Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award, the American Computer Museum, Bozeman, MT, USA, 2010
Excellence Award, Indian Congress of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Noida, India, 2010
ABRF Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2011
Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012
Honorary Member of the Genetics Society, 2012
Elected an Honorary member of the Clinical Genetics Society, 2013
Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Hong Kong, 2013
AstraZeneca Award, Biochemical Society, 2013
Awarded Copley Medal, 2014
Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, De Montfort University, 2014
Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Wolverhampton University, 2014
Companion of Honour, 2017
Leicestershire Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019

Elected a member of the Institute, 2013
Retired from science, 2017

Elected to a non-stipendiary Medical Research Fellowship by Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1988
Appointed Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics, with Honorary Consultant status and awarded a full official fellowship of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1.8.89
Resigned Fellowship 31.7.89 – non-stipendiary fellowship awarded, 1.8.89 to 30.9.91
Appointed to the Chair in Paediatrics and Molecular Infectious Diseases at Imperial College School of Medicine, (St Mary’s Hospital Campus) from October 1993
Elected a Member of the Institute, November 1993
Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1995
Elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, 1997
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2001
Member of the Institute’s SAC, 2002-2012
Elected Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford, 2009
Appointed Honorary Medical Director, The Meningitis Trust, renamed Meningitis Now on merger with Meningitis UK, 2009
Appointed Trustee, Meningitis Now, 2019
Former fellow and former member of the SAC
Emeritus Professor at Imperial

Appointed Non‐Clinical Senior Scientist at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Oxford, 1.10.86
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Appointed Professor, School of Biological Sciences, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 1.4.2012
Retired and living in Hong Kong, from 1.1.2017

ister Institute-Jenner Fellow
Promoted to Reader, 1 September 2003
Transferred fellowship to University of Aberdeen, September 2003
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2006
Awarded a personal Chair, 2008
Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship 2011-12
Retired October 2018

Senior Registrar in Renal Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital 1.7.90 to 30.9.91
Promoted to Hon Consultant status 1.10.91
Fellowship extended by one year to 31.12.94
Appointed University Clinical Lecturer from 1.1.95
Foundation Professor of Renal Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School from 1.10.95
Elected a Member of the Institute, July 1995
Professor Emeritus, Renal Medicine, St George’s, University of London 2020
Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine, City St George’s School of Health & Medical Sciences

Appointed Lister Institute Research Professor of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Bath from 1.10.90, the Chair to continue in the Institute’s name until 30.9.95
Head of Medicinal Chemistry from 1990
Member of BBSRC Committee on Intracellular Signalling Programme, 1992-1996
Awarded DSc, University of Oxford, 1.2.93
Member of EPSRC Synthetic & Biological Chemistry College, 1995-1997
Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, 1995
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Member of the RAE panel for Pharmacy, 200l
Non-Executive Director, Sterix Limited (2004-2009)
Member of the RAE2008 HEFCE Pharmacy Panel
Appointed visiting Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Oxford (2006-2014)
Appointed to Wellcome Trust “Molecules Genes and Cells” Funding Panel (2006-2011)
Royal Society of Chemistry George & Christine Sosnovsky Prize in Cancer Therapy (2007/8)
RSC George & Christine Sosnovsky Endowed Lecturer 2007/8
Royal Society of Chemistry 2007 UCB-Celltech Industrially Sponsored Award & Medal in Chemical Biology
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Directors, 2008
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology, Chartered Biologist, 2008
Member of Sectional Committee 1, Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008-2011
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2009
Appointed to the HEFCE Research Excellence Framework (REF) Expert Panel, 2009
Associate Editor, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2009
Incorporated into “H-index ranking of living chemists” listing, 2009
Elected to Academia Europaea, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award, 2009
Editor Biochemical Journal BJChemBio 2009-2016
Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Section Malcolm Campbell Memorial Prize & Medal
Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize & Medal, 2010 with an Endowed Lectureship for 2010
RSC Interdisciplinary Prize Endowed Lecturer, 2010-2011
Chairman, Medical Biopharma International Grant Review Panel, Danish Council for Independent Research, 2011
Member, International Advisory Board, Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2011-present
European Life Sciences Awards “Investigator of the Year”, 2012
Wellcome Trust Peer Review College, 2012-2015
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, 2013
Appointed to International Advisory Board ChemMedChem 2014-2017
IUPAC Advisory Board Member, Successful Drug Discovery, Vols 1-3, 2014-2018
Royal Society of Chemistry, Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Section, Endowed Lectureship in Medicinal Chemistry 2015/2016
Appointed Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, 2015
Appointed Visiting Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, University of Bath, 2015-2018 (Now extended to 2024)
Elected Special Supernumerary Fellow of University College, Oxford, 2016
Appointed to Lister Institute Scientific Advisory Committee, 2017
Awarded Tu Youyou Award for Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology related to Natural Product Chemistry, 2018
Member of the College of Experts, European Science Foundation, 2018-2021
Awarded D.Sc degree honoris causa by the University of Bath, 2020
Elected to Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society (Hon FBPhS) 2022
Emeritus Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, University of Oxford 2022

Transferred fellowship to the University of Sheffield, 1.4.99
Appointed Lecturer, 1. 9.99
Promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1.9.03
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2004

ellowship deferred until 1.5.97 in order to undertake clinical training
Appointed Hon Consultant from 1.5.97
Resigned fellowship from 31.5.98 following his appointment as Associate Director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology for SmithKline Beecham
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1999
Medical Dir & Board Member, Napp Pharmaceuticals, 2004
Retired 2018

Promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1.8.87
Appointed Professor of Molecular Enzymology in the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, 1.8.90
Elected a Member of the Institute, November 1993
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 4.3.96
Member of the MRC Advisory Board from 1.8.97
Head of the School of Biochemistry & Genetics, 1.8.98
Elected a Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences, 2002
Appointed Director, International Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, 2006
Deputy Director, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, 2007-2015
Awarded Emeritus Professor title at Newcastle University, 2016