Sir John Stewart Savill, FRS, FMedSci (born 25 April 1957) is the Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK and the Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and a Vice Principal of the University of Edinburgh.
Education.
Savill was educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford and the University of Sheffield where he gained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1981 Savill was awarded a PhD for his work on macrophages from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in 1989.
Research and career.
Savill is widely known for his research is on apoptosis and immunology. As of 2016[ [update]] Savill is active in acute general medicine and is an Honorary Consultant Physician and Nephrologist with the Lothian University Hospitals Division. He is a member of the Lothian Health Board and chairs its Service Redesign Committee.
Savill has extensive experience in peer review and has a particular interest in research and development, and the career structures necessary for this, having chaired the Academy of Medical Sciences Working Party on Clinical Academic Careers.
John Savill's research interests revolve around the role of cell death and macrophages in resolution and repair of inflammation, especially inflammatory disorders of the kidney glomerulus (glomerulonephritis) and interstitium (tubulointerstitial nephritis).
Awards and honours.
He was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2008 New Year Honours. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013, awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).
He is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology. In 1999 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and in 2009 he served as President of the Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2021.
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