William Osmond Charles Cookson#
| Membership Number: | 6971 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/w.cookson |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7623-5840 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Head, National Centre for Mesothelioma Research, Imperial College London
- 2014 - present Head Asmarley Centre for Genomic Medicine, Imperial College London
- 2004 - present Professor of Genomic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- 1998 - 2004 Professor of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
- 1989 - 2004 Wellcome Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
- 1987 - 89 Asthma Research Council Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
- 1984 - 87 WA and MG Saw Research Fellow, Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
- 1982 - 84 Senior Registrar, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetic epidemiology of respiratory diseases
- Genomic characterization of the airway microbiota and airway microbial communities
- Genetics and genomics of thoracic malignancies
- Large-scale genetic studies of asthma
Honours and Awards
- 2016 - 2022, Head, National Centre for Mesothelioma Research
- 2011 - 2020, Wellcome Senior Investigator with Professor M.F. Moffatt
- 2012 - 2005, Senior Investigator National Institute of Health Research
- 2010 - 2013, Chairman of External Review Panel for the German National Centre for Respiratory Diseases (budget €100m)
- 2005 - 2009, Co-ordinator GABRIEL EC integrated project: 37 groups in 14 countries studying genes, environment and asthma in Europe (€11M)
- 2005 - 2008, Steering group member of International study of asthma and allergies in children (ISAAC) 2002-2008
- 2000 Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
- 1999 Elected Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1998 - 2003 Dean of Green College Oxford
- 1993 - 2003 Governing Body Fellow of Green College Oxford
- 1985 Elected Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
