Mark Walport

Sir Mark Walport
Born	Mark Jeremy Walport (1953-01-25) 25 January 1953 (age 64) London
Residence	United Kingdom
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Fields	Immunology, Rheumatology
Institutions	Hammersmith Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital Guy's Hospital Imperial College School of Medicine Wellcome Trust University of Cambridge Government of the United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Thesis	The biology of complement receptors (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Lachmann
Known for	Director of Wellcome Trust (2003-2013) Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2013-date)
Notable awards	Roche Rheumatology Prize (1991) Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Science (1996) FMedSci (1998) Knight Bachelor (2009) FRS (2011)
Spouse	Julia Elizabeth Neild (m. 1986)
Children	one son, three daughters
Website www.gov.uk/government/people/mark-walport

Sir Mark Jeremy Walport FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci HonFRSE (born 25 January 1953) is a medical scientist and the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the United Kingdom.

Walport is the son of a general practitioner and was born in London. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge, and completed his clinical training at Hammersmith, Guy's and Brompton Hospitals in London. He was awarded a PhD for research into complement receptors under the supervision of Peter Lachmann in 1986 at the University of Cambridge.

Previously Walport was Director of the Wellcome Trust from 2003 to 2013. Before this, he was Professor of Medicine (from 1991) and Head of the Division of Medicine (from 1997) at Imperial College London, where he led a research team that focused on the immunology and genetics of rheumatic diseases.

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