Leszek K. Borysiewicz#
| Membership Number: | 2578 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cam.ac.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - 2017 Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- 2007 - October 2010 Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council
- 2004 - October 2007 Deputy Rector, Imperial College London, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ
- 2001 - Oct 2004 Principal, Faculty of Medicine and Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ
- 1999 - 2001 Professor of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. Honorary Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases), University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
- 1995 - 2001
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Cardiff Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Llandough Hospital Trust
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Velindre Hospital Trust
- 1989 FRCP (London)
- 1988 - 1990 University Lecturer in Department of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases) University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- 1988 - 1988 Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Honorary Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- 1987 - 1987 Lister Research Fellow/Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases), Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London W12
- 1986 - 1987 Senior Registrar to the Renal and Infectious Diseases Unit (Professor DK Peters, Dr J Cohen et al) Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London W12
- 1986 Consultant Physician at The Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia
- 1982 - 1986 Lister Research Fellow, Honorary Senior Registrar and Lecturer in Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital
- 1986 PhD (London)
Fields of Scholarship
- Viral immunology
- Infectious diseases
- Cell mediated immunity
- Virus associated malignancy
- Vaccine development
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) by King Charles III in the 2025 New Year Honours List for services to Cancer Research, to Clinical Research, to Medicine and to Charities
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate – Jagiellonian University
- 2018 Honorary Doctorate of Law (Hon LLD) – University of Cambridge
- 2018 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- 2012 Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (DL)
- 2012 Honorary degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc h.c) – University of Hong Kong
- 2010 Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW)
- 2010 Honorary Doctorate of Medicine (Hon MD) – University of Sheffield
- 2009 Harverian Orator (Royal College of Physicians, London)
- 2009 Sir Arthur Hall Lecturer (University of Sheffield)
- 2009 Honorary Doctor of Science degree (Hon DSc) – Queen Mary University of London
- 2009 Honorary Doctor of Science degree (Hon DSc) – University of Exeter
- 2008 Fellow of Royal Society
- 2008 Honorary Degree of DSc – University of Southampton
- 2008 Honorary Degree of DSc – University of Hull
- 2007 Royal Society of Medicine – Jephcott Medal
- 2006 Fellow of Cardiff University
- 2004 Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute
- 2004 Member of the Lister Institute
- 2004 Member of Cancer Research UK, following service as a member of Council and Trustee
- 2002 Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge
- 2002 FRCPath (London) Honorary Fellowship
- 2002 Royal College of Physicians (London) Moxon Trust Medal
- 2001 KBE
- 1988 Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1998 Foreign Member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences at Krakow
- 1997 Royal College of Surgeons of England, Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professorship
