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RSE Fellows Ordered by Area of Expertise As at 11/10/2016 RSE Fellows ordered by Area of Expertise as at 11/10/2016 HRH Prince Charles The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB Hon FRSE HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM, GBE Hon FRSE HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO, HonFRSE A1 Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences 2014 Professor Judith Elizabeth Allen FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Immunobiology, University of Manchester. 1998 Dr Ferenc Andras Antoni FRSE, Honorary Fellow, Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh. 1993 Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott MRIA, PPRSE, FMedSci, Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Strathclyde. Member, Food Standards Agency, Scotland; Chair, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. 2010 Professor Andrew Howard Baker FRSE, FMedSci, BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Glasgow. 1986 Professor Joseph Cyril Barbenel FRSE, Former Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde. 2013 Professor Michael Peter Barrett FRSE, Professor of Biochemical Parasitology, University of Glasgow. 2005 Professor Dame Sue Black DBE, FRSE, Director, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee. ; Director, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee. 2007 Professor Nuala Ann Booth FRSE, Former Emeritus Professor of Molecular Haemostasis and Thrombosis, University of Aberdeen. 2001 Professor Peter Boyle CorrFRSE, FMedSci, Former Director, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon. 1991 Professor Sir Alasdair Muir Breckenridge CBE KB FRSE, FMedSci, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool. 2007 Professor Peter James Brophy FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh. Director, Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh. 2013 Professor Gordon Douglas Brown FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Immunology, University of Aberdeen. 2012 Professor Verity Joy Brown FRSE, Provost of St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews. 1996 Professor Alexander Charles Brownie FRSE, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, State University of New York. 1996 Professor Dame Victoria Geraldine Bruce DBE, FBA, FRSE, Vice-Principal, Newcastle University. Head, School of Psychology, Newcastle University. 1997 Professor Brian Burchell FRSE, Professor of Medical Biochemistry, University of Dundee. 2006 Professor Anthony Michael Burton FRSE, Professor of Psychology, University of York. 2002 Professor Richard William Byrne FRSE, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of St Andrews. 2016 Professor Josep Call CorrFRSE, Professor, University of St Andrews. Director, Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center. 2006 Professor Harry Campbell FRSE, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Edinburgh. Honorary Consultant in Public Health, University of Edinburgh. 2013 Professor Marion Kay Campbell FRSE, Director, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. 2007 Professor Richard Carter FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Parasite Genetics, University of Edinburgh. 1984 Professor John Jeffrey Connell CBE FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Fish Technology, University of Aberdeen. 2004 Professor David John Cooke FRSE, Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University. 1993 Professor Graham Herbert Coombs FRSE, Former Head, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS). 2001 Professor Dorothy Hanson Crawford OBE FRSE, FMedSci, Former Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh. Page 1 of 63 11/10/2016 A1 Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences 2006 Professor Paul Richard Crocker FRSE, Professor in Glycoimmunology, University of Dundee. 2002 Professor Henry John Dargie FRSE, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Western Infirmary Glasgow. Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow. 2014 Professor George Davey Smith FMedSci, FRSE, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Bristol. Honorary Professor, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow. 2000 Professor Alun Millward Davies FRS, FRSE, FLSW, FMedSci, Distinguished Research Professor, Cardiff University. 2003 Professor Ian John Deary FBA FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Differential Psychology, University of Edinburgh. 2002 Professor Sergio Della Sala FRSE, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh. 1994 Professor Jan Bronislaw Deregowski FRSE, Professor of Psychology, University of Aberdeen. 2006 Professor Peter Charles Doherty AC FAA FRS HonFRSE, Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne. 1993 Professor Margaret Caldwell Donaldson FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Edinburgh. 2015 Professor Connie Jean Eaves CorrFRSE, Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency. 2009 Professor Maria Fernanda Ferreira FRSE, Professor, University of California, Davis. 1989 Professor George Fink FRSE, Professorial Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne. Former Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh; Former Director, MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Professor, University of Melbourne. 2001 Professor Rhona Hunter Flin FRSE, Professor of Psychology, University of Aberdeen. 1999 Professor Ian Ford FRSE, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Glasgow. Director, Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow. 2003 Professor John Vincent Forrester FRSE, Cockburn Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Aberdeen. Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia; Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust. 1978 Professor Robert Fraser FRSE, Honorary Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow. 1967 Professor Samuel Cherrie Frazer FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Pathology, University of Aberdeen. 2001 Professor Simon Christopher Garrod FRSE, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Glasgow. 2012 Professor Paul Garside FRSE, Professor of Immunobiology, University of Glasgow. 2008 Professor Gerard John Graham FRSE, Professor of Molecular and Structural Immunology, University of Glasgow. 2011 Professor Seth Garran Niels Grant FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh. Honorary Professor of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge. 2015 Professor David Gray FRSE, Head of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. 2007 Baroness Susan Adele Greenfield of Otmoor CBE FRSE, Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College, University of Oxford. Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University. 2006 Professor Paul Hagan FRSE, Vice-Principal for Research and Research Commercialisation, Robert Gordon University. 2004 Professor Christopher Simon Haley FRSE, Group Leader, MRC Human Genetics Unit. Group Leader, Genetics and Genomics, Roslin Institute. 2008 Professor John Duncan Hayes FRSE, Professor of Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Dundee. Non-clinical Associate Dean of Research, Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee. 2016 Professor Lora Katherine Heisler FRSE, Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Aberdeen. 1999 Professor Peter Henry Holmes OBE FRSE, Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Physiology and former Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow. 1982 Professor Charles Randall House FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Cell Physiology, University of Edinburgh. Page 2 of 63 11/10/2016 A1 Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences 1998 Professor David William Laurence Hukins FRSE, Former Professor of Bio-medical Engineering, University of Birmingham. 2009 Professor David Arthur Hume FRSE, FMedSci, Director, Roslin Institute. Research Director, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh; Professor of Mammalian Functional Genomics, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. 2008 Professor Kenneth James Hunt FRSE, Head, Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences. 2011 Professor Christopher Arthur Hunter CorrFRSE, Professor of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania. 2011 Professor James Wilson Ironside CBE FRSE, Professor of Clinical Neuropathology, University of Edinburgh. Honorary Consultant in Neuropathology, Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust. 1993 Professor Gustav Jahoda FBA FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Strathclyde. 1986 Professor William Philip Trehearne James CBE FRSE, FMedSci, Honorary Professor of Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. 1992 Professor James Oswald Jarrett FRSE, Formerly Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow. 1980 Dr Alfred Charles Jason FRSE, Former Assistant Director, Torry Research Station. 1980 Professor Malcolm Alexander Jeeves CBE FRSE, FMedSci, Honorary Research Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews. 2002 Professor Derek William Johnston FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology, University of Aberdeen. 1998 Professor Marie Johnston FRSE, FMedSci, Emeritus Professor in Psychology, University of Aberdeen. 1973 Dr Robin Noel Brunyate Kay FRSE, Honorary Professorial Fellow, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health. 1989 Professor John Shearer Kelly FRSE, FMedSci, Former Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh. 1991 Professor Robert Alan Kennedy FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Dundee. 2002 Professor Jonathan Robert Lamb FRSE, FMedSci, Professor of Immunoregulation, Imperial College London. Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong. 2004 Professor
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