Former Fellows – Retired from Science

Fellow 1983-1989Research 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