Clinical Endocrinology Trust Lecture
Jayne A Franklyn, Department of Medicine,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK Abstract
Jayne Franklyn qualified in medicine with honours
at the University of Birmingham in 1979. After basic training in medicine and
endocrinology, she was appointed Sheldon Research Fellow and MRC Training
Fellow to pursue studies of thyroid hormone receptor binding, leading to MD in
1985. After appointment as Clinical Lecturer she proceeded to PhD with studies
of TSH gene regulation. She was subsequently appointed Wellcome Trust Senior
Clinical Fellowship in Birmingham, then Clinical Senior Lecturer, achieving
promotion to Professor of Medicine in Birmingham in 1995. She has been
Associate Dean for the Graduate School since 2002. Throughout her research
career she has maintained a strong interest, not only in the pathogenesis of
thyroid diseases and thyroid hormone action, but also in the management of
thyroid disorders and their long-term consequences in terms of morbidity and
mortality. Highlights have been the award of the RCP Goulstonian Lectureship,
the Society for Endocrinology Medal Lectureship, an ICE Plenary Lectureship and
the American Thyroid Association Keynote Lectureship. She is Senior Editor of
Clinical Endocrinology, member of the Clinical and BES Committees of the
Society for Endocrinology, the Endocrinology SAC of the JCHMT, Clinical
Interview Panel of the Wellcome Trust and committee member of the British and
American Thyroid Associations.