Peter Grant

Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine Leeds, UK Education: 1963-1971 Hove County Grammar School, Hove, Sussex Medical Education: 1971-1976 Faculty of Medicine, University of Bristol Degrees: 1976 MBChB 1987 MD Bristol University Postgraduate Qualifications: 1981 MRCP (UK) 1995 FRCP (UK) 2003 FRCP (Edinburgh) 2010 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology 2012 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Professor of Medicine University of Leeds UK and Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Career Highlights - MBChB Bristol University 1976, MD, Bristol University 1984, FRCP 1995. - Sabbatical in Lausanne, Switzerland 1988-9. - Professor of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician in the Leeds Acute Trust. Clinical lead for academic component of diabetes care in Leeds (3 senior lecturers) - Head of the Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research (2009-12), a clinical research unit comprised of ~40 clinicians, basic scientists and support staff. This unit has an international reputation in the field of diabetes and thrombotic risk. - Over 75 successful grant applications since 1989, of which 59 grants have been awarded since 2000 totalling £7.7m, including a British Heart Foundation 5 year programme grant as PI and a 1.5m Euro framework 6 grant as co-director. - Supervision of 19 PhD and 12 MD awarded since 1990. - Publication of ~200 original articles in peer reviewed journals with an additional 70 reviews and book chapters. - Member of organizing committees for the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, International Society for Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis and the World Congress on Insulin Resistance.(2003-17) • Research Director for the School of Medicine and Academic Lead for the 2001 RAE return for Units of assessment 1,2 and 3. This led to an increase in funding of £1.5m . • Academic Lead and Director for the development of the Leeds Institute of Genetics Health and Therapeutics laboratories (2002-2005). This was a £10m SRIF-funded initiative to develop the first biomedical facility in Leeds and was supported by a further £1m SRIF2 equipment grant. • Academic Lead for Unit of Assessment 1 (Cardiovascular research) for RAE 2007. • Editor in Chief of the international Journal, Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research (2004-present day). • Co-chair, EASD/ESC Working party on vascular risk in diabetes (2010-2013) • Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences April 2012