Prof. Sir John Irving Bell

Personal Data
Nationality: Canadian/British
Year of Birth: July 1, 1952
Studies
- 1966-1971
Ridley College, Canada - 1975
B Med Sci (Honours). University of Alberta - 1976
BA (Honours), Physiological Sciences, 1st Class, Magdalen College, Oxford University - 1979
BM, BCh. Magdalen College, Oxford University - 1990
DM Magdalen College, Oxford University - 1992
FRCP Royal College of Physicians, London
Posts previously held
- 1979-1982
Postgraduate Clinical Training in Oxford and London - 1982-1987
Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA - 1982-1987
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA - 1987-1989
Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant
Physician, Nuffield Departments of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - 1989-1992
University Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University - 1992-2002
Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University - 2006-2011
President, Academy of Medical Sciences, UK
University posts currently held
- since 1987
Hon. Consultant Physician, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust - since 1993
Founder, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics - since 1999
Chairman, Partnership Board, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism - since 2002
Regius Professor of Medicine - since 2008
Knighted in the 2008 Honours list for Services to Medicine - since 2009
Fellow of the Royal Society - since 2015
Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Other Activities / Memberships
- Immunocore Ltd, Chairman
- Genentech, Non-Executive Director
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chair, Global Health Program Advisory Committee
- Robertson Foundation, Advisor
- Ewelme Almshouse Charity, Master/Trustee
- The Rhodes Trust, Chair
- Genome England Ltd, Non-Executive Director
- Genome England Ltd Scientific Advisory Board, Chairman
- Oak Foundation, Advisor
- Early Disease Detection Research Platform UK, Chair