1. Sir David John Weatherall was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.
15 Facts About David Weatherall
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David Weatherall was educated at Calday Grange Grammar School and then attended Medical School at the University of Liverpool where he served as Treasurer of the Liverpool Medical Students Society in 1954.
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David Weatherall used car batteries and filter paper for electrophoresis while there.
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David Weatherall returned to Liverpool, where he rose to the rank of Professor of Haematology.
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David Weatherall's research concentrated on the genetics of the haemoglobinopathies and, in particular, a group of inherited haematological disorders known as the thalassemias that are associated with abnormalities in the production of globin, the protein component of haemoglobin.
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In 1974, David Weatherall moved to Oxford, as he was appointed Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford.
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David Weatherall worked with the biochemist John Clegg until his retirement in 2000.
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In 1989, David Weatherall founded the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford, which was renamed the David Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in his honour in 2000 upon his retirement.
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David Weatherall was a member of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education that published an influential report in 1997.
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In 2002, David Weatherall wrote a major report on the application of genomics for global health for the World Health Organization.
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In 2009, a working group report under David Weatherall's Chairmanship concluded that there was a strong scientific case to maintain biomedical research activities using non-human primates in carefully selected areas.
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David Weatherall was knighted in 1987 and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to medicine.
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David Weatherall was the only person outside America to win the award that year.
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In 2012, Keele University named the Medical School building on the Keele Campus the David Weatherall Building in honour of Sir David.
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David Weatherall was an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.