George Radda#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1972 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
George Radda passed away September 13, 2024.
Positions Held
- Emeritus Professor of Molecular Cardiology, Oxford University
- Emeritus Fellow of Merton College Oxford
- 2003 - 2006 Emeritus Professor of Molecular Cardiology and Fellow of Merton College Oxford. In 2006 Oxford University brought him out of retirement and appointed him as Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford (2006-2008) to bring about the merger of two departments.
- Dec 2010 - 2016 Director, Functional Metabolism Research Group
- 2008 -2016 Dec 31 Chairman Biomedical Research Council of A*-STAR, Singapore
- 2005 - Dec 2010 Scientific Director and Chairman of the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
- 2005 - 2011 Scientific Advisor to the Dean, National University of Singapore Medical School
- 2001 - 2003 Chairman National Cancer Research Institute
- 1996 - 2003 Chief Executive Medical Research Council (on secondment)
- 1991 - 1996 Head, Department of Biochemistry
- 1988 - 1996 Honorary Director MRC Biochemical and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Unit
- 1984 - 2003 Professorial Fellow, Merton College
- 1984 - 2003 British Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology
- 1966 - 1984 University Lecturer in Biochemistry
- 1964 - 1984 Fellow and Tutor in Organic Chemistry, Merton College
- 1964 - 1966 Departmental Demonstrator in Biochemistry
- 1963 - 1964 Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, St. John’s College
- 1961 - 1964 Junior Research Fellow, Merton College
Fields of Scholarship
- In vivo biochemistry in relation to human disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Cancer metabolism
- Bioenergetics
- Enzyme regulation
Honours and Awards
- Awards
- 1993 Award of the CBE
- 2000 Knighted
- 1980 Fellow of the Royal Society in 1980. He has been awarded to following prizes –
- 1969 The Colworth Medal of the Biochemical Society
- 1981 Feldberg Foundation prize
- 1982 British Heart Foundation Gold Medal and Prize for Cardiovascular Research
- 1983 CIBA Medal and Prize Biochemical Society
- 1984 Gold Medal Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 1987 Buchanan Medal Royal Society
- 1988 Walter B. Cannon Memorial Lecture Award, American Physiological Society
- 1989 Skinner Lecture Medal Royal College of Radiologists
- 1991 Rank Prize in Nutrition
- 2006 Medal of Merit, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
- 2011 Budapest Semmeilweis Awards
- 2013 BioSpectrum Asia-Pacific Life Time Achievement Award
- 2016 Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of Hungary
- 2018 The Corvin Lanc Award and Member of the Corvin Lanc Tanacs, Hungary
- Honours
- 1985 Honorary FRCR
- 1997 Honorary FRCP
- 1987 Honorary Fellow American Heart Association (Citation for International achievement)
- 1994 Fellow Society of Magnetic Resonance
- 1998 Founder Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1997 Member EMBO
- 1999 Academia Europaea
- 2001 Fellow, International Society of Heart Research
- 2002 Fellow International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
- 2001 Honorary Professor, Peking Union Medical College
- 1985 Hon DM Bern University
- 1991 Hon DSc (Med) University of London
- Hon DSc: University of Sterling (1997), University of Sheffield (1999), Debrecen University Hungary (2001), Birmingham University (2003), Universite de la Mediterranee (2003), University of Aberdeen (2004)
- 2004 Hon Doctor of Medicine Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
- 2004 Hon DSc Semmelweis University, Budapest
- 2005 Hon. DSc University of Hull
- 2006 Hon. DSc University of Leicester
- 2007 Honorary Member European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
- 2008 Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore)
- 2009 Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR)
- 2010 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Singapore Honorary Citizen Award
