Douglass Turnbull

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Sir
Douglass Turnbull
FRS FMedSci
Alma materNewcastle University
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisMitochondrial cytopathies: clinical and experimental studies (1983)
Websitewww.newcastle-mitochondria.com/portfolio/professor-doug-turnbull

Sir Douglass Matthew Turnbull FRS FMedSci is Professor of Neurology at Newcastle University, an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust[1] and a director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research.[2][3][4][5]

Education

Turnbull was educated at

Mitochondrial cytopathies.[6]

Research

Turnbull's research investigates techniques for improving the lives of patients with

scientific journals such as Nature,[3] Nature Genetics,[9][10] Nature Reviews Genetics,[11] the American Journal of Human Genetics,[12] and the Journal of Clinical Investigation.[13]

His research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).[14]

Awards and honours

Turnbull delivered the

Goulstonian Lectures in 1992 and was awarded the Jean Hunter Prize in 2003, both by the Royal College of Physicians.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2004.[15]

Turnbull was knighted in the

mitochondrial donation, also known as "three-person babies".[18][19]

Turnbull was awarded the Buchanan Medal for outstanding contributions to biomedicine particularly in relation to mitochondrial disease, including the development of a method to prevent their transmission.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Turnbull, Professor Douglass M". newcastle-hospitals.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25.
  2. ^ a b c d "Professor Doug Turnbull: Personal Biography". newcastle-mitochondria.com. Newcastle upon Tyne. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31.
  3. ^
    PMID 20393463. Open access icon
  4. YouTube, Wellcome Trust
    , London
  5. ^ Graeme Whitfield (2015). "Newcastle University medical pioneer Doug Turnbull discusses his game-changing research". thejournal.co.uk. Newcastle: The Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  6. OCLC 11274373
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  7. PMID 9385842
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  8. ^ Douglass Turnbull's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  9. PMID 10508508
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  10. S2CID 13956928
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  11. PMID 15861210
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  12. PMID 11938495. Open access icon
  13. PMID 14597761. Open access icon
  14. ^ "UK Government grants awarded to Doug Turnbull". rcuk.ac.uk. Swindon: Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16.
  15. Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original
    on 2016-06-16.
  16. ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2016-06-11. p. B2.
  17. ^ Anon (2016). "Birthday honours: Mitochondrial disease doctor recognised". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC News.
  18. ^ Mark Henderson (2015). "Three-person embryos: how the mitochondrial donation battle was won. Prof Doug Turnbull successfully communicated difficult and controversial research with scientific accuracy, but in simple terms". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05.
  19. ^ James Gallagher (2015). "Three-person babies - not three-parent babies". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC News. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02.
  20. ^ "Buchanan Medallist 2020". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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