Name:
Professor Stephen Ward HonFBPhS
Organisation:
University of Bath
Year elected:
2023
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Steve Ward obtained a BSc in Pharmacology in 1985 from King’s College London and a PhD from the Royal College of Surgeons, University of London in 1988. He then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund before joining the University of Bath in 1992 where he has been Head of Department since 2013. He was been awarded two personal fellowships by the Wellcome Trust and one from the Royal Society and also received funding from the MRC, BBSRC and pharmaceutical industry. He has published over 120 primary research articles and reviews in the fields of cell signalling and leukocyte biology and has supervised over 35 PhD students. He received the Quintilles Prize for Immunopharmacology in 2003 in 2012. He has serves on grant awarding panels for the Wellcome Trust, Arthritis Research UK and the MRC and is a member of several editorial boards.