Professor John Savill

Governor

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John took up his role as the first Vice Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in October 2002, having been Professor of Medicine at the University since 1998.  He vacated the latter post in 2006 and is now Professor of Experimental Medicine.

John is an Honorary Consultant Physician and Nephrologist with the Lothian University Hospitals Division and remains active in acute general medicine. He is a member of the Lothian Health Board and chairs its Service Redesign Committee.

He was previously Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC)/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, and he continues to direct a group interested in the molecular cell biology of renal inflammation.  He also currently serves as Chairman of the Physiological Systems and Clinical Sciences Board of the MRC, and is a full member of the Council itself.  

John 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.