Nancy J. Rothwell#
| Membership Number: | 2326 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.manchester.ac.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004-2007 Vice President for Research, University of Manchester
- 2001-2004 Deputy Research Dean, School of Biological Sciences
- 1998-2000 Chairman, Division of Neuroscience, University of Manchester
- 1996-1998 Research and Graduate Dean, School of Biological Sciences
- 1994- Professor of Physiology, University of Manchester
- 1991-1994 Reader, University of Manchester
- 1989-1991 Honorary Reader, University of Manchester
- 1987-1991 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Deptartment of Physiological Sciences, University of Manchester
- 1984-1987 Royal Society University Research Fellow and Honorary Lecturer, St George's Hospital Medical School
- 1982-1984 Royal Society Research Fellow (Foulerton Gift & Binmore Kenner), Department of Physiology, St George's Hospital Medical School
- 1979-1982 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, St George's Hospital Medical School
- 1978-1979 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deptartment of Physiology, Queen Elizabeth College
- 1976-1978 Postgraduate student (SERC CASE award), Department of Physiology, Queen Elizabeth College (and Unilever Research Laboratories, Colworth House, Beds)
Fields of Scholarship
- Mediators and mechanisms of neuronal injury and repair
- Role of inflammation and cytokines in ischaemic, haemorrhage and traumatic brain injury in patients, and therapuetic interventions
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Pfizer Research Prize
- 1995 Charles Darwin Lecturer, BAAS
- 1996 Gaddum Prize, British Pharmocological Society
- 1997 Physiological Society Annual Prize Lecture (delivered in 1998)
- 1998 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, also delivered in Japan and Hong Kong
- 1998 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
- 1999 Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000-2004 President, British Neuroscience Association
- 2000-2004 Member MRC Council and Strategy Board
- 2002-2005 Trustee and Council Member, NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology & Arts)
- 2002-2007 Trustee and Council Member, Cancer Research UK
- 2002-2003 Chair, UK Life Sciences Committee
- 2002- Fellow, Institute of Biology, Honorary Fellow from 2007
- 2002-2005 Member, Council, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2003-2007 Founder Member and Honorory Treasurer, Biosciences Federation
- 2004-2006 Chair, GSK Neurology Advisory Board
- 2003 Pfizer Award for Innovative Science
- 2004 Fellow, Royal Society
- 2004-2007 Chair, Research Defence Society
- 2005-2008 Chair, National Centre for 3Rs on Animal Research Grants Panel
- 2005-2008 Member, BBSRC Council
- 2005-2008 Chair, Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Strategy Committee
- 2005 Dame Commander of the British Empire
- 2006- Non-executive Director of AstraZeneca
- 2006 Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
- 2006 Fellow, Academia Europaea
- 2007- Chair, AstraZeneca Board Science Committee, Member Remuneration Committee
- 2008- Honorary Fellow, Institute of Biology
- 2008- Chair, Royal Society Education Committee
- 2008- President, Biosciences Federation
- 2009- President, Society of Biology
- 2008- Council Member and Vice President, Royal Society
