aCADEMIC career
1971-1974
Medical Sciences, Clare College, Cambridge. Entrance and
Foundation Scholarships, First Class in Parts 1 and 2.
1974-1977
Middlesex Hospital, London, for clinical studies. Qualified MB ChB
(Cambridge) with Honours.
1971-1979
Junior hospital posts in London and Geneva.
1980-1983
MD at Guy's Hospital, London, on brittle diabetes.
1983-1988
Registrar and RD Lawrence Research Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
1988-2003
Senior Lecturer, then Reader and Professor of Medicine, University of Liverpool. Built up and led internationally recognised Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Group.
2003-2008
Dean of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol.
2008-2013
Professor of Medicine and Lead for International Relations, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol.
Current
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English, University of Bristol.
Qualifications and Awards
1978 MRCP
1984 MD (Cambridge)
1990 FRCP
1995-2000 President, Anglo-French Medical Society
1998-2000 Vice-President, European Society for Clinical Investigation
1998 FRCPE
2001 Novartis Prize for research into diabetes
2006 ScD (Cambridge)
2006-8 Chair, MEDINE European Network for Medical Education
2008 Docteur honoris causa, Université d’Angers
2011-13 Member, Expert Review Group for Medical Humanities, Wellcome Trust