Institute of Genetics and Cancer

Welcome to Professor Tim Aitman

Appointed Chair of Molecular Pathology and Genetics: March 2014

We are delighted to welcome Professor Tim Aitman MB ChB, FRCP, DPhil, FMedSci, to the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine within the University of Edinburgh’s School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences and the newly established Chair of Molecular Pathology and Genetics from 1st April 2014.

Professor Aitman’s primary base will be at the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine in the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital Campus and his wide-ranging spectrum of research interests will see him spending significant time at the MRC Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, Little France.