Chair Professor Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam IBSc, MD, FRCS(Ed), FRCS
Shervanthi was appointed Consultant Vascular Surgeon at The General Infirmary at Leeds in 1995 and was awarded a Personal Chair in Clinical and Experimental Vascular Research by the University of Bradford in June 1998. Since then she has won many awards, and is currently Professor of Translational Vascular Medicine at the University of Bradford, as well as Clinical Sub-dean of the Medical School and honorary senior clinical lecturer in vascular surgery at the University of Leeds.
In addition to her clinical work as a full-time vascular surgeon, she is actively involved in a number of basic, applied and translational research projects. She has successfully initiated, and been the principal investigator for, many clinical trials. Her research interests have focused on ischaemia-reperfusion injury in which she has published widely and has given a number of national and international presentations. More recently, Shervanthi has been associated with emerging technology projects and is keenly interested in the medical applications of these technologies. She is working closely with the Institute of Nanotechnology to set up a UK Nanomedicine Network of which she has been named first Honorary President.
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