The Wellcome Trust

(UK) The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We spend around £600 million every year both in the UK and internationally achieving our mission: supporting the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities.

Women academics nominated by the Wellcome Trust

Prof. Helen Arthur

Newcastle University

Health and welfare

Health

Role of TGFbeta signalling in cardiovascular development and heart repair

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Dr. Tihana Bicanic

St George's University of London

Health and welfare

Health

Infectious Diseases

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Dr. Kate Bishop

The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, Health and welfare

Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences, Health

Virology, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Biochemistry

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Prof. Jane Clarke

University of Cambridge

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences

Proteins and Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Biophysics

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Prof. Geraldine Clough

University of Southampton

Health and welfare

Health

Vascular Physiology

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Prof. Heather Cordell

Newcastle University

Health and welfare

Health

Statistical Genetics

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Prof. Annette Dolphin

University College London

Health and welfare

Health

Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, Ion channels, Pain

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Dr. Elaine Dunleavy

National University of Ireland, Galway

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences

Genetics, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology

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Prof. Kate Dunn

Keele University

Health and welfare

Health

Epidemiology

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Dr. Fumiko Esashi

University of Oxford

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences

Genome Stability Control

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Dr. Yi Feng

University of Edinburgh

Health and welfare, Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences , Health

Zebrafish genetics; in vivo live imaging; cancer biology; inflammation; wound healing; cell migration; zebrafish development

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Dr. Rashida Ferrand

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Health and welfare

Health

Epidemiology and Public Health

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Dr. Jennifer Gallop

The University of Cambridge

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences

Biochemistry

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Dr. Eileen Gentleman

King's College London

Engineering, manufacturing and construction, Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences , Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciences

Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biomaterials, biomineralisation, stem cell biology, biomolecular characterisation, cell mechanotransduction

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Dr. Tracey Gloster

University of St Andrews

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences

Mechanism, structure, inhibition and function of eukaryotic carbohydrate processing enzymes

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Prof. Anna Gloyn

University of Oxford

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, Health and welfare

Biological and related sciences , Health

Human molecular genetics and metabolism

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Prof. Judith Glynn

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Health and welfare

Health

Epidemiology

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Prof. Gillian M. Griffiths

University of Cambridge

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences

Cell polarity, Immunology, T-cell killing

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Dr. Lindsay Hall

Institute of Food Research

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, Health and welfare

Biological and related sciences , Health

Microbiology and Immunology

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Dr. Katie Hampson

University of Glasgow

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Biological and related sciences

Field Epidemiology, Epidemiological modeling

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