Dr David Grainger

David Grainger graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University in 1989 and went on to study for a Ph.D. under the supervision of Profs. Jim Metcalfe and Peter Weissberg in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. From 1994 to 2002 he was a Royal Society University Research Fellow, based in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, located at Addenbrooke's Hospital. He is presently a British Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow and the principal investigator of the Inflammation Research and Therapy group, which primarily researches into the role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease, with particular focus on cytokines and signalling molecules. In 2003, Dr. Grainger was appointed as Director of the newly formed Translational Research Unit at Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, which aims to translate aspects of basic science from the IRTL into tangible clinic benefits for patients.