| Martin BobrowCBE FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1938-02-06) 6 February 1938 (age 86) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Geneticist |
| Employer | Wolfson College, Cambridge |
Martin Bobrow (born 1938) is a British geneticist, and Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge.
Bobrow graduated in South Africa and then migrated to the United Kingdom.
He held chairs of medical genetics at the University of Amsterdam and at Guy's Hospital, and from 1995 to 2005 was professor of medical genetics at Cambridge University.
He has served on the council of the Medical Research Council; as a governor of the Wellcome Trust; as national chair of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign; and chair of the Clinical Genetics Society; as chair of the Committee on Radiation in the Environment, chair of the Unrelated Living Transplant Regulating Authority; deputy chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and as a member of the Human Genetics Advisory Commission.
He is a founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and a Non-executive Director of Cambridge University Hospitals.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci); and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1995 New Year Honours, "For services to Science.".
References
- "Professor Martin Bobrow CBE DSc FRCP FRCPath FMedSci FRS - Wolfson College Cambridge". www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Peter Harper; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2010). Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and development. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-127-1. Wikidata Q29581774.
- "Biographical note: Professor Martin Bobrow". Journal of Medical Genetics. 32 (6): 410. 1995. doi:10.1136/jmg.32.6.410. PMC 1050478.
- "Prof Martin Bobrow, CBE, FRS Authorised Biography". Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.
- "Board of directors - Cambridge University Hospitals". www.cuh.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- "No. 53893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1994. p. 8.
External links
- "Debating hybrid embryos", British Science Association
- Martin Bobrow on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website