James Cuthbert Smith

James (Jim) Cuthbert Smith FMedSci FRS (born 31 December 1954) is Deputy Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council in the UK and the Director of the National Institute for Medical Research.

Jim Smith

Education

Jim Smith graduated from Cambridge University in 1976 and completed his PhD at Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1979.[1][2]

Career

He held a postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School from 1979–81, then a postdoctoral position at ICRF from 1981-84. In 1984 he joined the staff of the National Institute for Medical Research, becoming head of the Division of Developmental Biology in 1991. He moved to become director of the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute in 2001, returning to NIMR in 2009 to become its director. In 2014 he became Deputy CEO of the Medical Research Council.

Jim Smith's research has focused on how cells of the very early vertebrate embryo form the specialised tissues of muscle, skin, blood and bone.[1]

Awards and honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.[1] He was awarded the Waddington Medal by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2013.[3] In 2014 he was named by the Evening Standard as one of the 1000 most influential Londoners,[4] in the 'Innovators' section.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "James Cuthbert Smith". NIMR History. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ↑ MRC National Institute for Medical Research (2013). A Century of Science for Health. MRC National Institute for Medical Research.
  3. ↑ "Jim Smith awarded the Waddington Medal". MRC National Institute for Medical Research. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "London's stars are a global force for good". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 24 November 2014.