Prof Jonathan Seckl

Career: Univ of Edinburgh: Sir Jules Thorn research fell 1984, Wellcome Tst/RSE sr clinical research fell 1989, hon conslt physician 1989, sr lectr in med 1993, prof of endocrinology 1996, Moncrieff-Arnott prof of molecular med 1997, head Dept of Med Sciences 2001, head Sch of Molecular and Clinical Med 2002, dir of research Coll of Medicine and Veterinary Med 2005- (exec dean 2010-); memb: Lloyds TSB Ctee RSE, Scottish Science Advsy Ctee (SSAC); Soc for Endocrinology Medal 1998; PhD (hc) Umea Univ 2001; memb Assoc of Physicians 1991; MRCP 1983, FRCPEd 1993, FMedSci 1999, FRSE 2002

Books and Publications: approximately 300 papers, reviews and chapters on endocrinology, notably on glucocorticoid biology in relation to brain ageing and obesity/type 2 diabetes; author of several patents