Cardiff University School of Medicine - Alumni

Alumni

There are many distinguished alumni of the Cardiff University School of Medicine. These include Professor Sir Keith Peters, who was Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, where he is also the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine. Another distinguished alumnus is Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz. Professor Borysiewicz was Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine until 2001, when he became Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. He has been Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council since October 2007. Prior to the MRC, Sir Leszek was Deputy Rector at Imperial College London. He was knighted in 2001 for his research into developing vaccines, including a vaccine to prevent the development of cervical cancer. Graduate Annapoorna Kini, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, has the distinction of performing more coronary interventions annually than any other woman in the U.S.

Cardiff has two Nobel Laureates on its staff, Professor Sir Martin Evans and Professor Robert Huber. A number of Cardiff University staff have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, these include Graham Hutchings FRS, professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry and Professor Ole Holger Petersen CBE FRS, MRC Professor and Director of Cardiff School of Biosciences.

Other notable alumni include:

• Professor Archie Cochrane, pioneer of scientific method in medicine

• Professor Stephen Dunnett, neuroscientist

• Professor Alun Davies, bioscientist

• Dr Alice Roberts, clinical anatomist and osteoarchaeologist