| Dr Damian C. Crowther
MA BM BCh PhD MRCP
Damian is a Principal Investigator in the University
of Cambridge, Department of Genetics and Affiliated Principal
Investigator at the Cambridge
Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Site, Hills
Road, Cambridge.
Damian has had a life-long interest in biomedical science, graduating
with the top first in his class in Natural Sciences in Cambridge,
he went on to complete a PhD in the molecular biology of the serine
protease inhibitor superfamily of proteins. He then attended the
Clinical School at Oxford University. Gaining the Hobson Memorial
Scholarship for Clinical Medicine he graduated in 1995. Completing
house jobs in Oxford and Barrow-in-Furness he then spent two happy
years on the medical SHO rotation at the Queen's Medical Centre
in Nottingham. Following this he returned to Cambridge as an Honorary
Registrar in Neurology, combining hospital work with laboratory
research.
He is now undertaking full time research, leading a research
group with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases, in particular
Alzheimer's disease.
Damian has also had a life-long interest in computing. He started
his first computer software company at the age of 15 and has been
involved in developing patient record software for use in General
Practice. He has taken a lead in the design and development of this
site.
Click to read Damian's statement of Competing
Interests.
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