Education: Oct 1990- Dec 1993 Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Supervisors: Professor O.T.G. Jones (Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK) and Dr N. Topley (Institute of Renal Medicine, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK) Oct 1986- Jun 1990 B.Sc. Applied Biological Sciences (2.i Hons.) Bristol Poytechnic, Bristol, UK Career Overview: 2017: Dean of Research, The School of Medicine, Cardiff University 2015: Theme Lead for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation, The College of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Cardiff University 2012 - 2017: Associate Director of Research, Division of Infection & Immunity, The School of Medicine, Cardiff University 2008 ‑ Professor of Inflammation Biology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University 2005 - 2008 Reader, School of Medicine, Cardiff University 2004 ‑ Dec 2004 Reader, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University 2003 - 2004 Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University 1999 - 2003 Lecturer, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University 1996 -1998 American Heart Association Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA (Director: Professor G.M. Fuller). 1994 - 1996 Swiss Foundation Research Fellow, Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland (Director: Professor M. Baggiolini). Honours and awards Conference invitations: British Society for Rheumatology (Apr ’17) – Invited speaker, Melbourne, Australia International Congress of Immunology (Aug ’16) – Invited speaker, Melbourne, Australia Keystone Conference- Cytokine Jak-STAT signalling in immunity & disease (Jan ’16) – Invited speaker, Colorado, USA 12th European peritoneal dialysis meeting (Oct ’15) – Invited speaker, Krakow, Poland 14th Scleroderma Research Workshop (Aug ’15) – Invited speaker, Cambridge, UK International Cytokine & Interferon Society (Oct ‘14)- Invited plenary speaker, Melbourne, Australia British Society for Rheumatology (April ‘14)- Invited plenary speaker, Liverpool, UK American College of Rheumatology (Oct ‘13)- Keynote plenary speaker, San Diego, USA Keystone Conference- Biology of Cytokines & Th17 Cells in Health & Disease (Feb ’12), Colorado, USA European League against rheumatism: Roche sponsored satellite meeting (Jun ’12)- Berlin, Germany. American College of Rheumatology: Roche sponsored satellite meeting (Nov ’11)- Chicago, USA University of Pennsylvania, USA, Department of Veterinary Pathology – Invited Speaker (Oct ’11) University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA,Department of Pathology – Invited Speaker (Oct ’11) German Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Oct ’07) - Plenary speaker, Hamburg, Germany Australian Society for Medical Research (Sept ’06)- Invited plenary speaker, Melbourne, Australia Organisation of International Scientific Conferences: International Cytokine & Interferon Society Conference (Oct ‘14)- International Organising Committee, Melbourne, Australia Biochemical Society- Member of Them Panel-V (2008-12)- Evaluation and planning of scientific conference proposals in Signal transduction. Scientific Awards: The 2004 Bolzmann Award - The award is presented by the International Cytokine Society (ICS) and the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) to a pair of scientists who are considered to have made an important contribution to cytokine biology. Awarded jointly with Professor Stefan Rose-John (Christian Albrecht Universität zu Kiel, Germany) Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology (June 2015) Health & Care Research Wales- Faculty Research Lead Professional memberships Grant panel membership Royal Irish Academy Early Entry Grant Panel- 2008 Arthritis Research UK Disease Research Committee 2016 - to present (Deputy Chair) Arthritis Research UK Research Sub-Committee- 2011- 2016 (Deputy Chair; 2015- 2016) Arthritis Research UK Programme Grant Outline Committee- 2015 - 2016 Arthritis Research UK USER Committee (Lay persons panel)- 2015 - 2016 Health & Care Research Wales- Health Grants Committee Member- Oct 2012 (onwards) Health & Care Research Wales- Research for patient and public benefit Wales P

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