Philippa Saunders
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| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol, Darwin College, Cambridge |
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| Thesis | Studies of Pregnancy-Associated Uterine Proteins in the Pig (1981) |
| Website | http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/professor-philippa-saunders |
Philippa Saunders, FMedSci 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. Her research explores the mechanisms behind how sex steroids impact on repair, regeneration and cell replication throughout the body. Saunders is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow ad eudeum of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and a member of the Academia Europaea.
Early life and education
[edit]Philippa Saunders 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 researching pregnancy-associated uterine proteins in the pig.[1]
She 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.[2][3] She is director of the MRC's Centre for Reproductive Health. Her research explores the mechanisms behind how sex steroids impact on repair, regeneration and cell replication throughout the body.[4] This has relevance to diseases such as endometriosis, where Saunders is interested in developing models to find ways to reduce the pain of the condition.[5]
Honours and awards
[edit]In 2019 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[6] In 2022, she was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[7] Despite not being a clinician, she was also elected a Fellow ad eudeum of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) in 2015.[5][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Edinburgh Research Explorer - Staff". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows Directory - Professor Philippa Saunders". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Academy of Medical Sciences Council Members - Honorary Officers". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "University of Edinburgh MRC Centre for Inflammation Research - Principal Investigators - Philippa Saunders". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Philippa Saunders". World Endometriosis Society. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Professor Philippa Tansy Kemp Saunders FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Philippa Saunders". Member. Academia Europaea. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Fellowship ad eundem and honoris causa". RCOG. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
