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Professor John Fisher
Title
Deputy Vice-Chancellor / Director of the Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering
J.Fisher@leeds.ac.uk
Phone
0113 3432128 or contact Gemma Pitt (PA) on 0113 3436703
Address
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
BHRC Role
BHRC SSAC member
Research Interests
- Joint Replacement
- Cartilage Tissue Substitution
- Tissue Re-engineering
- Functional Spinal Interventions
- Cardiac Imaging and Modelling
About
Professor John Fisher is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leeds, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is the University of Leeds’ first Deputy Vice-Chancellor. He supports the Vice-Chancellor across a range of activities focusing in particular on internal affairs including strategy implementation, academic development and oversight of the management of the nine academic faculties.
Professor Fisher chairs the Faculty Management Group, the Capital Group and the Steering Groups for Information Technology.
Professor Fisher also has an active role as a leading researcher in Medical and Biological Engineering, as Director of the Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Director of Wellcome Trust/EPSRC Medical Engineering Centre WELMEC, Director or EPSRC Innovation and Knowledge Centre in Regenerative Therapies and Devices, Director of N8 Centre in Regenerative Medicine, Director of White Rose Doctoral Training Centre in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Co Director of NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit.
Professor Fisher has over 25 years experience in Medical Engineering research, and has published over 350 journal papers in this field. In the last 10 years his research has focused on wear and wear debris of artificial joints. Current research also focuses on cartilage tissue substitution, spine biomechanics and tissue engineering. The work is supported by major collaborative programme funding from EPSRC (Portfolio), NIH, EU and Industry with key international collaborations in USA, Europe, China and Japan.
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