Stafford Lightman

Stafford Lightman
Lightman in 2017
Born
Stafford Louis Lightman

(1948-09-07)7 September 1948[1]
EducationRepton School
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol

Stafford Louis Lightman (born 7 September 1948)[1] is a British neurologist who has been Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol, since 1993. He was president of the British Neuroscience Association 2017–2019.[2]

Education

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Lightman was educated at Repton School[1] and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA, MB BChir, PhD). He did his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital Medical School[citation needed]

Career and research

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Lightman started his research career working on catecholamine uptake mechanisms in Cambridge where, after completed his clinical studies at the Middlesex Hospital in London, he studied the role of opioid peptides and brain stem catecholamine pathways in the regulation of neurohypophysial hormone secretion.[citation needed] He later[when?]investigated the dynamics underlying stress hormone secretion.[citation needed]

Honours and awards

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Lightman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017.[3]

Personal life

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He is the son of Harold Lightman, Queen's Counsel (QC) and the brother of Sir Gavin Lightman, QC.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Anon (2017). "Lightman, Prof. Stafford Louis". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.24551. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "BNA Officers and Trustees from 2017 to present". bna.org.uk. British Neuroscience Association. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ Anon (2017). "Stafford Lightman". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.