Philippa Saunders | |
Nationality: | English |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Alma Mater: | University of Bristol, Darwin College, Cambridge |
Thesis Title: | Studies of Pregnancy-Associated Uterine Proteins in the Pig |
Thesis Url: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281019 |
Thesis Year: | 1981 |
Website: | http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/professor-philippa-saunders |
Philippa Saunders, FRSE is Chair of Reproductive Steroids and Director of Postgraduate Research for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and Registrar of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[1] [2] Her research explores the mechanisms behind how sex steroids impact on repair, regeneration and cell replication throughout the body.[3]
Philippa studied as an undergraduate at the University of Bristol, before moving to Darwin College, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge to complete a PhD in studying pregnancy-associated uterine proteins in the pig.[4]
In 2019 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[5]