Biomedical Applications Division contacts
| Prof Serena Best (Chair)
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Professor of Materials Science |
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Professor Best co-directs the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials (CCMM), within the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (MSM), University of Cambridge. She has an international reputation for research in ceramics particularly in the field of bioactive ceramics and ceramic composites for skeletal repair. She has published over 130 papers and been invited to write chapters and edit books. She is Editor of Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. This year she has been awarded two prizes by the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining, the Chapman Medal and the Kroll Medal. For more information see www.msm.cam.ac.uk/ccmm.
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Mrs Sue Dunkerton
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TWI Ltd |
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Sue Dunkerton is Manager of the Advanced Materials and Processes Group at TWI and is also Director of the Medical Devices Faraday Partnership. Within her area of activity, Sue leads work on the joining and coating of medical devices, including bone cements and echogenic coatings, as well as the interconnection and biocompatible packaging of electronic medical devices. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Board member of MedilinkEast.
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DePuy International Ltd. |
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Allan Ritchie is Vice President of Research & Development at DePuy International. His area of responsibility is the management of the Research & Development activity for DePuy within the business segments of Total Joint Replacement and Trauma. This covers all aspects of design including material choice biomechanical optimisation and factors surviving the survivability of the prosthesis. He is also responsible for external research activities including liasing with the university research community.
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The Technology Partnership: TTP Melbourn Science Park Cambridge Road Melbourn, Hertfordshire SG8 6EE 01763 262626 |
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Andrew Jackson is a Consultant for The Technology Partnership. Based in Hertfordshire, UK, he is responsible for a research team focusing on long term product development in the areas of Biological and Non-invasive repair of sports medicine-related injuries and diseases. His background is in biology and biomaterials having a MA in Zoology and a PhD in biomimicry of natural ceramic composites.
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Faculty of Science & Engineering
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Andrew Lloyd is the Dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Materials at the University of Brighton. Professor Lloyd's research interests include the development and evaluation of novel polymers for drug delivery and medical implant applications. His research has focussed on the fields of ophthalmic, orthopaedic and cardiovascular biomedical materials, adsorbent-based technologies, polymer-based drug delivery systems and interfacial bioengineering. Further details are available at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/scieng/contact/details.
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Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Tanner
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School of Engineering University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Tel 0141 330 3733 Fax 0141 330 4343 |
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Liz Tanner is Professor of Biomedical Materials at the University of Glasgow. Her research involves the development and testing of materials for particularly bone replacement based on bioactive ceramic-polymer composites. She is a Fellow of both the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In addition she is also Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) and Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). She is the Biomedical Applications Division of IoM3 representative on the IMechE Engineering in Health and Medicine Division.
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Dr Irene Turner is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Bath. Dr Turner has an active interest in research into bone graft substitute materials, urinary catheters and coatings on tablets for the pharmaceutical industry. Dr Turner is responsible for the area of Biomaterials Research within the Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath and contributes significantly to the teaching of the University's undergraduate degree programmes in Medical Engineering.
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Biocompatibles UK Ltd. |
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Andy Lewis is Research & Technology Director for Biocompatibles UK Ltd, a UK-based SME involved in biomaterials development and medical device manufacture. Andy directs projects within the Drug Delivery Division concerned with interventional therapies and in particular drug delivery from coronary stents and embolisation materials. He also coordinates the external research programmes with a number of academic collaborators and is named on over 60 scientific publications and patents in the fields of polymers and biomaterials. He has a BSc in Biochemistry & Chemistry, a PhD in Chemistry and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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David Farrar
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Smith & Nephew Research Centre, York Science Park, Heslington, York YO10 5DF Tel: 01904 824160 Email: david.farrar@smith-nephew.com |
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David graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Bristol in 1986 joining Smith & Nephew (S&N) as a materials scientist in the same year. David initially worked as a scientist, and later a project leader, on a number of materials-related projects including wound dressings, adhesives, surgeons’ gloves, orthopaedic bearing materials and bone cements. In 1996 David was appointed Head of Materials Science, managing a department engaged in biomaterials and medical device testing and characterisation.
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Dr Brian E Kent BSc CChem FRSC
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Brian Kent trained as an analytical chemist, and spent his career at the former Laboratory of the Government Chemist (now privatised as LGC) and at the DTI. He was a member of the research team which developed glass ionomer cements, now widely used in dentistry, and later became Head of the Laboratory`s Materials Technology Group. During 1990-1999 he was Manager of the LINK Medical Implants Programme. It was during this period that he initiated The Biomaterials Partnership at LGC, and also approached the DTI to begin discussions which led to the establishment of that Department's Building up Biomaterials Programme. Now semi-retired, he undertakes occasional activities in connection both with the Medical Devices Faraday Partnership and the former DTI.
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IRC in Biomedical Materials |
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Professor P Vadgama is currently Director of the IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary, University of London and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry. Head of Service in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust.
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Professor John Nicholson
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John Nicholson is Professor of Biomaterials Chemistry at the University of Greenwich, based at their Medway campus. His research interests lie in the field of biomedical cements for dental and orthopaedic use, and he has published and lectured widely on this topic. A former President of the UK Society for Biomaterials, Professor Nicholson has published approximately 150 papers, and four books, including "The chemistry of medical and dental materials" (RSC, Cambridge).
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LGC |
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Julian Braybrook is Head of Measurement R&D within the Research and Technology Division of LGC, the UK's designated National Metrology Institute for chemical and bio-analytical measurement. A chemist by training, his role now lies predominantly in research innovation and management, underpinning the development and translation of some of the most challenging measurements of importance to the UK's industrial competitiveness and quality of life. This covers (bio-)pharmaceutical, diagnostic, security and healthcare technologies, and particularly the area of regenerative medicine, incorporating the more traditional biomaterials applications and the emerging tissue engineering and cell-based therapy applications. He has published numerous scientific publications and edited a book. He is a member of several British, European and international Standards Committees in the area of biological evaluation of medical devices, and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Biomaterials Committee. Until recently he was senior technical and financial adviser for biomaterial/medical device projects funded under the EU Framework Programmes. He is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Dr Julian Jones PhD DIC Meng (OXon.) FIMMM
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Senior Lecturer Department of Materials Imperial College London South Kensington Campus Londo SW7 2AZ Tel: +44 (0) 20 75946749 Fax: +44 (0) 20 75946757 |
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Dr. Julian Jones is a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. His work focuses on the development, characterization (including 3D imaging and image analysis) of novel bioactive tissue scaffolds and their cellular response. His group have developed novel bioactive glasses and inorganic/ organic hybrid scaffolds with tailorable properties. His achievements have been recognized by the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES) Early Investigator award (2008), a prestigious 2007 Phillip Leverhulme Prize, a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellowship (2004) and the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals Silver Medal (2004) for outstanding achievement in the field of materials science. He is also Chair of Technical Committee 4 (TC04, Biomedical Glasses) of the International Commision for Glass (ICG), which aims to promote the use and advancement of glass technology internationally.
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Professor Matteo Santin |
University of Brighton, Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences Tel: +44 (0)1273 642083 |
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Profesor Matteo Santin has achieved a Honour Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Naples, Italy, a PhD in Biomaterials, University of Naples, Italy, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of Brighton, UK. He is currently Reader in Tissue Regeneration at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, UK where he leads the Brighton Advanced Tissue and Organ Regeneration group. Dr. Santin has been working in the field of biomaterials since 1991 and his research activity is mainly focussed onto the synthesis of biomimetic and bioactive biomaterials and onto developing clinically-reflective in vitro models testing host response to implants. In 2005, he received the Jean Leray Award by the European Society for Biomaterials. He is currently member of the European Society for Biomaterials Council and of the UK Society for Biomaterials Council.
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Professor Neil Rushton
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Orthopaedic Research Unit |
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Neil Rushton is Professor of Orthopaedics in Cambridge and Director of the Orthopaedic Research Unit. He has had a long term interest in the reaction between patients and implanted materials and was probably the first to identify the contribution of polyethylene wear particles to the process of aseptic loosening of prostheses. His work on the reaction of "bone cells" and materials is the mainstay of his work and involves many successful collaborative cross-disciplinary projects.
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Dr Jie Huang
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Senior Lecturer, University College London
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| Dr Jie Huang received a BSc Honour degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 1989 from East China University of Science and Technology at Shanghai, China and a PhD in Biomaterials in 1997 from Queen Mary, University of London. Dr Jie Huang is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College of London. She is interested in materials processing, physiochemical characterisation, mechanical evaluation, and biological assessment of novel bioactive glasses and ceramics, biocomposites and nanocomposites for biomedical applications. |
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| Professor Sandra Downes | University of Manchester |
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University of Sheffield |
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Professor Brian Meenan |
University of Ulster |
| Dr Minoo Esat | Independent Industry Consultant |
| Professor Lucy di Silvio |
University College London |
| Dr Matthew O’Donnell | University of Sheffield, BSI Group, Orthopaedic and Dental Team |
