Philippa Saunders#


Philippa Saunders
Membership Number:6030
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE
Elected:2022
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM
Homepage(s):http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/professor-philippa-saunders
ORCID:0000-0001-9051-9380




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2016 - 2021 Registrar, Academy of Medical Sciences
  • 2012 - 2018 Director of Postgraduate Research, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  • 2011 - 2012 Director, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health
  • 2012 Professor of Reproductive Steroids, The University of Edinburgh
  • 2007 - 2011 Head, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Biology
  • 2005 - 2011 Honorary Professor, The University of Edinburgh (MRC employee)
  • 1989 - 2011 Programme Leader, MRC employee. MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh (tenure 1993): Unit closed 2011 – transferred to the University of Edinburgh
  • 1987 - 1989 Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Edinburgh
  • 1984 - 1987 Research Associate, Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London
  • 1981 - 1984 Postdoctoral Associate, Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

Fields of Scholarship
  • Endometrial biology
  • Endometriosis - aetiology and inflammatory mechanisms
  • Female fertility
  • Development of reproductive systems
  • Reproductive health
  • Sex steroid receptors
  • Sex steroid biosynthesis

Honours and Awards
  • 2011 Fellow Royal Society of Biology (FSB)
  • 2012 Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
  • 2015 Fellow ad eundem, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
  • 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
  • 2019 Society for Endocrinology, Medal
  • 2022 TTam Dayell Prize for Public Engagement.

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