Fellow 1984-1989

Area of Current Research Interests
Signal transduction with emphasis on the control of metabolism. Specific interests are insulin action, the biochemistry of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Other Information
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.