This article is about the biologist working on diabetes. For the biologist working in the field of ecological design, see John Todd (Canadian biologist).
British geneticist
John Todd
Born
John Andrew Todd
(1958-06-23) 23 June 1958 (age 63)
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Awards
David Rumbough Award for Scientific Excellence
Scientific career
Fields
Human Genetics
Institutions
University of Cambridge Stanford University University of Oxford Wellcome Trust
John Andrew ToddFMedSciFRS (born 23 June 1958) is Professor of Precision Medicine at the University of Oxford,[1] director of the Wellcome Center for Human Genetics[2] and the JDRF/Wellcome TrustDiabetes and Inflammation Laboratory,[3] in addition to Jeffrey Cheah Fellow in Medicine at Brasenose College.[4] He works in collaboration with David Clayton and Linda Wicker to examine the molecular basis of type 1diabetes.[5][6]
Todd was born on 23 June 1958.[7] He received a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh in 1980. He went on to study biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, where he was supervised by , completing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1983 with a thesis entitled "Penicillin-binding proteins during growth and differentiation of bacilli".[8]
Awards and Honors[]
Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998).[9]
Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians (2000).[10]
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