Philippa Saunders#
| Membership Number: | 6030 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/professor-philippa-saunders |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9051-9380 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - 2021 Registrar, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2012 - 2018 Director of Postgraduate Research, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- 2011 - 2012 Director, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health
- 2012 Professor of Reproductive Steroids, The University of Edinburgh
- 2007 - 2011 Head, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Biology
- 2005 - 2011 Honorary Professor, The University of Edinburgh (MRC employee)
- 1989 - 2011 Programme Leader, MRC employee. MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh (tenure 1993): Unit closed 2011 – transferred to the University of Edinburgh
- 1987 - 1989 Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Edinburgh
- 1984 - 1987 Research Associate, Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London
- 1981 - 1984 Postdoctoral Associate, Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Fields of Scholarship
- Endometrial biology
- Endometriosis - aetiology and inflammatory mechanisms
- Female fertility
- Development of reproductive systems
- Reproductive health
- Sex steroid receptors
- Sex steroid biosynthesis
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Fellow Royal Society of Biology (FSB)
- 2012 Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2015 Fellow ad eundem, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
- 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- 2019 Society for Endocrinology, Medal
- 2022 TTam Dayell Prize for Public Engagement.
