David Paterson - Curriculum Vitae#
Present Post
- 2016 Head of Department Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Oxford [ca. 500 people]
- 2002 Professor of Physiology
- 1994 Tutor in Medicine & Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
Posts Held (last 3)
- 2014 - 2016 Sub-Warden of Merton College, Oxford
- 2008 - 2016 Associate Head then Deputy Head & Vice Dean Division of Medical Sciences, Oxford
- 2003 - 2004 Head of Department of University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford
Fellowships
- 2019 Elected Fellow of the American Physiological Society (FAPS)
- 2017 Elected Fellow of The Physiological Society (FPhysiol)
- 2014 Elected Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand (Hon FRSNZ)
- 2003 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
Awards and Distinctions
- 2020 - 2022 President The Physiological Society. United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
- 2019 Prize for Best Basic Science Paper published in Hypertension 2018
- 2018 24th Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecturer for the American Physiological Society
- 2016 25th Brookhart Award Lecture, School of Medicine, Oregon Health Science University
- 2012 Wall of Fame inductee, University of Otago, NZ.
- 2011 - 2016 Editor-in-Chief The Journal of Physiology for The Physiological Society
- 2010 - 2016 Hon. Professorial Fellow, Florey Institute, University of Melbourne
- 2008 Hon. Professorship, University of Auckland
- 2000 G.L. Brown Prize Lecturer of The Physiological Society
- 1989 Rolleston Memorial Prize for best DPhil thesis (Oxford & Cambridge Universities)
- 1988 Junior Research Fellowship, Christ Church, Oxford
- 1985 Hackett Scholar from University of Western Australia to Oxford University
Research Programme –Cardiac Neurobiology Research Group
Supervised 27 theses. Raised £7,378,430 in Programme/projects grants (DJP) + £3,150,000 Infrastructural grant: Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Centre, [D-PAG 4 storey extension]]; infrastructural award £1,018,000; BHF Centre of Excellence award £8.4M co-PI. TOTAL ca. £17,000,000. Supervised 27 doctoral students many who won prizes for their theses.
Publications
Text Book 2018 Levick: Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology 6th Edition by N. Herring & D.J. Paterson
TV-Radio Communications
- 2012 BBC4 TV Documentary ‘Heart v Mind: what makes us human?’
- 2012 National Radio NZ: Science programme ‘Heart v Mind’
- 1992 Television New Zealand, Channel 3 ‘Exercise and the Heart’
- 1991 BBC World Service Science Programme: Potassium and the Heart (6 repeats)
- BBC World Service Science Programme: Mountain Sickness (5 repeats)
University Administration-strategic planning & leadership (sample)
- 2010 - 2016 Chair, Division’s Education Policy & Standards Committee, University of Oxford
- 2008 - 2010 Chair, Medical Sciences Personnel Committee, University of Oxford
- 2006 - 2008 Chair, Medical Sciences Research Committee, University of Oxford
- 2008 Professorial electoral boards: Promotions Committee for Professors
University & College Teaching
1994 BM/FHS lectures and demonstrations. Tutorial stint now 3hrs pw.
Elected Membership of Professional Societies/National Bodies/Societies (sample)
- 2005-08, 10-14 National RAE & REF Committees (Pre-clinical UoA 15, Biological Sciences UoA 5)
- 2011 The Athenaeum