Ian Kimber#
| Membership Number: | 4302 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of Toxicology
- 2007 - 2019 Professor of Toxicology and Associate Dean for Business Development, University of Manchester, UK
- 2003 - 2007 Director of Allergy, Inflammation and Immunology, Syngenta Biopharmaceuticals
- 2000 - 2007 Global Head of Toxicology Research, Syngenta Ltd
- 1998 - 2000 Head of Toxicology Research, AstraZeneca
- 1992 - 1998 Head of Research, Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory
- 1988 - 1992 Head of Cell and Molecular Biology Section, Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory
- 1983 - 1988 Head of Immunology, ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory
- 1977 - 1983 Senior Investigator, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Fields of Scholarship
- Toxicology - all aspects including risk assessment
- Allergy - skin and respiratory allergy to chemicals and proteins
- Cellular immunology - including cytokine biology
- Food allergy
- Skin biology - including skin diseases (psoriasis and allergic contact dermatitis)
- Alternatives to animal research - including the development of in vitro, in silico and computational models
- Inflammation biology
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award. Presented annually by the US Society of Toxicology
- 2015 Barnes Prize. Presented biennially by the British Toxicology Society
- 2011 OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). Awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. For Services to Science
- 2011 Elected Fellow Royal Society of Biology
- 2010 Eurotox (European Society of Toxicology) Bo Holmstedt Memorial Fellowship Award. Presented annually to a European toxicologist
- 2006 Prosser-White Oration. Awarded by the British Association of Dermatologists
- 2006 Elected Fellow of British Toxicology Society
- 2005 Society of Toxicology. Career Achievement Award in Immunotoxicology
- 2003 Society of Toxicology Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award
- 2003 Elected Fellow of Academy of Toxicological Sciences
- 2001 Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation Prize in Biomedical Science
- 2001 Ninth Annual Robert A Scala Award in Toxicology
- 2000 SmithKline Beecham Laboratory Animal Welfare Prize
