John Savill
| Sir John Savill | |
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| Born | John Stewart Savill 25 April 1957 |
| Fields | Medicine Immunology Apoptosis |
| Institutions |
Hammersmith Hospital University of Edinburgh Medical Research Council University of Oxford University of Sheffield |
| Alma mater |
University of Oxford (BA) University of Sheffield (MB ChB) Royal Postgraduate Medical School (PhD) |
| Thesis | Macrophage recognition of senescent neutrophils (1989) |
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Website mrc |
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Sir John Stewart Savill FMedSci FRS (born 25 April 1957) is the Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK and the Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and a Vice Principal of the University of Edinburgh.
Savill was educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford and the University of Sheffield where he gained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1981 Savill was awarded a PhD for his work on macrophages from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in 1989.
Savill is widely known for his research is on apoptosis and immunology. As of 2016[update] Savill is active in acute general medicine and is an Honorary Consultant Physician and Nephrologist with the Lothian University Hospitals Division. He is a member of the Lothian Health Board and chairs its Service Redesign Committee.
Savill has extensive experience in peer review and has a particular interest in research and development, and the career structures necessary for this, having chaired the Academy of Medical Sciences Working Party on Clinical Academic Careers.
John Savill's research interests revolve around the role of cell death and macrophages in resolution and repair of inflammation, especially inflammatory disorders of the kidney glomerulus (glomerulonephritis) and interstitium (tubulointerstitial nephritis).
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