Endocrine Abstracts

G R Williams, Imperial College London, London, UK. AbstractGraham R Williams obtained a BSc in Anatomy and MBBS from St Thomas’s Hospital, London and undertook PhD studies in Molecular Endocrinology at Birmingham University. He trained as a Howard Hughes and MRC Fellow at Harvard Medical School, USA and was an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow in Birmingham. He was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Royal Postgraduate...

Steve Bloom, Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College, London, UK AbstractProfessor Bloom is currently Chairman and Chief of Service for the Directorate of Pathology, Therapy Services and Endocrinology for Hammersmith Hospitals Trust (Chelsea Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital), and Head of Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College School of Medicine....

Professor Korbonits is a clinical academic endocrinologist with special interest in pituitary tumorigenesis and as well as metabolic effects of hormones. She graduated in medicine at Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest and works in the Department of Endocrinology at Barts and the London School of Medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London since 1991, where currently she is Co-Centre Head. She received and MD and a PhD from the University of London and was a recipi...

Desmond G Johnston, Campus Dean, St Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK Director, UK Diabetes Research Network AbstractProfessor Johnston trained in Edinburgh and Southampton where, as an MRC Training Fellow, he did his PhD with Professor George Alberti. His work at that time investigated metabolic disturbances in liver disease and metabolic aspects of endocrinology.I...

Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland and Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK AbstractIlpo Huhtaniemi received his MD (1972) and PhD (1974) degrees at University of Helsinki, Finland, did his postdoctoral training in the US (UCSF and NIH, Bethesda), and has been a visiting scientist in Germany (University of Heidelberg) ...

Adrian Clark, Barts & the London, QMUL, London, United Kingdom. AbstractAdrian Clark graduated in Medicine from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in 1976. After several junior medical training posts at Barts, Nottingham, Hammersmith and Guys, he spent two years at the NCI in Bethesda working on the cloning of the EGF receptor with Ira Pastan, then later moved to work for three years with Kevin Catt, al...

Since completing a PhD in Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London, I have worked as a Grants Adviser at the Wellcome Trust. Not-for-profit organisations like the Wellcome Trust hold a diverse range of career opportunities for scientists with PhD and post-doctoral experience, from communications to research management. In this short overview talk I’ll give an insight into the role of the Grants Adviser, the opportunities for scientists in the charitable se...

Since completing a PhD in Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London, I have worked as a Grants Adviser at the Wellcome Trust. Not-for-profit organisations like the Wellcome Trust hold a diverse range of career opportunities for scientists with PhD and post-doctoral experience, from communications to research management. In this short overview talk I’ll give an insight into the role of the Grants Adviser, the opportunities for scientists in the charitable se...

Professor Waljit Dhillo is a Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism and Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1994. During this time he also completed an Intercalated BSc in Biochemistry (awarded First Class Honours) funded by the Medical Research Council. He then completed h...

A Weetman, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK AbstractTony Weetman has been the Sir Arthur Hall Professor of Medicine at the University of Sheffield, and Consultant Endocrinologist at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, since 1991. He was Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from 1999 to 2008 when he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health.<p class="ab...