Fellow 1983-1987

Research Interests
Active in research management, education and administration. General interest in infectious diseases and viral infection processes.

Other Information
Temporary Clinical Senior Registrar 1.4.86 – 31.12.86
Hon Senior Lecturer/Consultant from 1.4.87
Appointed Wellcome Senior Lecturer, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, having resigned Lister Fellowship, 1.1.88
Appointed Lecturer in Medicine, University of Cambridge, 1988
Appointed Professor of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, 1.1.91
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1993
Appointed to the Council of the MRC, 1995
Elected member of the Institute’s SAC, 1996
Appointed Chairman of the Molecular & Cell Medicines Board, 1996
Elected as Foreign Member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts & Science, 1998
Chairman of the Hospital-based Clinical Subjects Unit of Assessment Panel for the 2001 RAE
Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998
Knighthood, New Year’s Honours List, 2001
Appointed Principal, Imperial College School of Medicine from 1.2.01
Appointed Chairman of the Joint Medical Advisory Committee to the Higher Education Funding Council 2002
Appointed Deputy Rector, Imperial College London, 1.10.04
Appointed Chief Executive, MRC, 2008
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, 2008
Appointed Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge, 2010
Appointed Chairman, Cancer Research UK, 2017
Appointed Board Trustee, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 2017
Appointed Governor, Director & Charity Trustee, Courtauld Institute of Art, 2019
Appointed Council Member, Imperial College London, August 2021
Chairman Diamond Light Source
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