Richard David Leslie eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login):RLESLIE
Position Title: Professor of Diabetes and Autoimmunity
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University of London, United Kingdom
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University of London, United Kingdom
(England)
Royal College of Physicians (UK)
University of London, United Kingdom
(England)
Royal College of Physicians (UK)
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MRCS
LRCP
MB BS
MRCP
MD
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06/1972
10/1972
01/1974
1/1980
12/1989
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Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
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I am an experienced clinician and clinical research scientist and work as Professor of Diabetes and Autoimmunity at the Blizard Institute, University of London. I have published 12 books and more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and received grants from many agencies including the EU, Wellcome Trust and MRC. My research is based on the use of cutting-edge technology applied to unique cohorts (e.g. twins and adult onset autoimmune diabetes patients) to define the nature and origins of type 1 diabetes. These results led to work as Principle Investigator of three major EU programmes (EXALT, BLUEPRINT and Action LADA).
I have been awarded lectures on several continents, e.g. Royal College of Physicians (London) Lecture, The Lily Lecture (Ireland), Niall O’Mara Lecture (Ireland), Silver Jubilee Oration (India), Xiangya Lecture (China). I have held Visiting Chairs in USA (Chicago and Kansas) and Europe (Rome) and an Honorary Professorship in China (Central South University). I was Senior Examiner Chinese University Hong Kong in 2013 and am currently founding Chairman of T1DUK, a UK consortium of leading UK researchers set up to investigate and prevent type 1 diabetes. Notable awards include: a Medical Research Council Travelling Fellowship to USA, the Royal College of London Leonard Simpson Fellowship and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowhip in Clinical Science. I was co-author of an award-winning textbook (BMA Book of the Year Award 2009), served as Director of the Mendel Institute, Rome, Italy, Co-Editor of Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev., Reviews Editor of Diabetic Medicine, served on the Editorial Board of Diabetes Care and in 2012 was elected President of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland.
