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Dr. Mark McCarthy

Robert Turner Professor of Diabetes, University of Oxford; Chairman and Head of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism

 

Mark McCarthy, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., M.D. is currently Robert Turner Professor of Diabetes at the University of Oxford, Chairman of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism and a group head at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. He is trained (and still practices) as a diabetologist, endocrinologist and internist. However, following research training in the UK and the United States, his main focus lies in using human genetic discovery as a tool for developing an improved understanding of the biological basis of common diseases including type 2 diabetes and obesity. He plays a leading role in major research efforts in this area including the UK-based Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and the more global T2D-GENES Consortium.

Dr. McCarthy holds medical degrees from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Society of Biology and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Other Members


April 4, 2018

Dr. Mark McCarthy

Robert Turner Professor of Diabetes, University of Oxford;Chairman and Head of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
April 4, 2018

Dr. Onesmo K. Ole-MoiYoi

Senior Visiting Scientist, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Senior Consultant, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Aga Khan University and Medical School Chairman
April 4, 2018

Dr. Michael Hayden 

Killam Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia; Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine; Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
April 4, 2018

Dr. Dominic Kwiatkowski

Dominic Kwiatkowski holds a joint appointment as an MRC Clinical Research Professor at Oxford University, and as head of the Malaria Programme at the Wellcome Trust
April 4, 2018

Dr. Adebowale A. Adeyemo

Adebowale A. Adeyemo, M.D., is deputy director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRHHG) at the National Human Genome Research
April 4, 2018

Dr. Sékou F. Traoré

Sékou F. Traoré, Ph.D., is a member of the Department of Fundamental Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Mali. He also is director of
April 4, 2018

Prof. Bongani Mayosi

Bongani M. Mayosi, D.Phil., was professor of medicine and head of the Department of Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa. He qualified