Leszek K. Borysiewicz#
| Membership Number: | 2578 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cam.ac.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- October 2010 - Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- 2007 - October 2010 Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council
- 2004 - October 2007 Deputy Rector, Imperial College London, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ
- 2001 - Oct 2004 Principal, Faculty of Medicine and Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ
- 1999 - 2001 Professor of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. Honorary Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases), University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
- 1995 - 2001
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Cardiff Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Llandough Hospital Trust
- Honorary Consultant Physician, Velindre Hospital Trust
- 1989 FRCP (London)
- 1988 - 1990 University Lecturer in Department of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases) University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- 1988 - 1988 Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Honorary Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- 1987 - 1987 Lister Research Fellow/Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician (Infectious Diseases), Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London W12
- 1986 - 1987 Senior Registrar to the Renal and Infectious Diseases Unit (Professor DK Peters, Dr J Cohen et al) Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London W12
- 1986 Consultant Physician at The Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia
- 1982 - 1986 Lister Research Fellow, Honorary Senior Registrar and Lecturer in Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital
- 1986 PhD (London)
Fields of Scholarship
- Viral immunology
- Infectious diseases
- Cell mediated immunity
- Virus associated malignancy
- Vaccine development
Honours and Awards
- Harverian Orator (Royal College of Physicians, London) (2009)
- Sir Arthur Hall Lecturer (University of Sheffield) (2009)
- Fellow of Royal Society (2008)
- Honorary Degree of DSc – University of Southampton (2008)
- Honorary Degree of DSc – University of Hull (2008)
- Royal Society of Medicine (2007) – Jephcott Medal
- Fellow of Cardiff University (2006)
- Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute (2004)
- Member of the Lister Institute (2004)
- Member of Cancer Research UK, following service as a member of Council and Trustee (2004)
- Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge (2002)
- FRCPath (London) Honorary Fellowship (2002)
- Royal College of Physicians (London) Moxon Trust Medal (2002)
- KBE (2001)
- Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998)
- Foreign Member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences at Krakow (1998)
- Royal College of Surgeons of England, Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professorship (1997)
