Institute of Developmental Sciences

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Penny Nestel

Principal Teaching Fellow
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Dr Peter James

Senior Molecular Biologist
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Professor Peter Johnson CBE MD FRCP FMedSci

Professor of Medical Oncology
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Professor Philip Calder

Head of School

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Philip Titcombe

Lecturer B
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Mrs Preeti Dhuria

Senior Research Assistant

Research interests

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Food Environment
  • Food Policy
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Dr Rahul Tare

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Human stem cells
  • Skeletal development
  • Tissue engineering primarily, cartilage tissue engineering

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Raimund Ober

Prof of Imaging & Biomedical Engineering
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Professor Ramsey Cutress

Professor of Breast Sugery
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Dr Rebecca Moon

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Child Health

Research interests

  • Early life programming of musculoskeletal health and body composition
  • Childhood bone health
  • Vitamin D
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