Peter Mathieson (professor)
| Peter William Mathieson | |
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| Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong | |
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Assumed office 1 April 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Tsui Lap-chee |
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18 April 1959 England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | University Lodge, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Alma mater |
London Hospital Medical College (MBBS) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Peter William Mathieson (Chinese: 馬斐森; born 18 April 1959) is an English nephrologist and current vice-chancellor and president of the University of Hong Kong. He was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Bristol before he assumed office at the University Hong Kong on 1 April 2014, and was previously director of studies at Christ's College, Cambridge. He announced his resignation at 6 PM, 2 February 2017, and he plans to leave HKU in January 2018.
Peter Mathieson went to school in Cornwall, then qualified in medicine with honours from London Hospital Medical College in 1983. After junior posts in and around the West End of London, he went to Cambridge as an MRC training fellow, studying for a PhD which was awarded by the University of Cambridge in 1992. After a further MRC-funded fellowship during which he worked on complement/immunology, Mathieson moved to Bristol in 1995 as the foundation professor of renal medicine at University of Bristol and honorary consultant nephrologist, North Bristol NHS Trust.
Mathieson was elected fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999. In 2007 he was elected as the youngest ever president of the Renal Association and also became head of the University Department of Clinical Science at North Bristol. He was also appointed as director of research & development for the North Bristol NHS Trust. Between 2003 and 2007 he chaired the Research Grants Committee of Kidney Research UK [formerly National Kidney Research Fund]. He was a member of the Renal Association Clinical Trials committee from 1996 to 2007 and its chairman between 2000 and 2003. In 2008 Peter was appointed dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
Mathieson's major clinical interest is in autoimmune renal diseases, such as glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus. His research interests are in human glomerular cell biology and regulation of glomerular permeability, and he leads the group in the Academic Renal Unit that in recent years has made significant contributions to the study of podocytes and glomerular endothelial cells, interactions between them and factors in the causation and treatment of proteinuria. The work of the group has attracted major research grant funding of about £5 million from sources including Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust and Kidney Research UK.
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