John Iredale (academic)

Sir John Peter Iredale (born 1960)[1] is a British academic and medical doctor. He is an Emeritus Professor of Experimental Medicine, at the University of Bristol and Chair of the Lister Institute for Preventative Medicine.[2] He specialises in pancreatic and hepatobiliary medicine.[3]

Background

Iredale was born in Oxford on 9 November 1960.[1] His father was the director of the Harwell laboratory of the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Oxfordshire.[4] He attended the City of Oxford High School for Boys. In 1985, Iredale graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine with Honours from the University of Southampton.[1]

Career

Between 1991 and 2003, Iredale held a number of externally funded Medical Research Council Fellowships; he held a Training Fellowship, then a Clinician Scientist Fellowship, and then a Senior Clinical Fellowship.[5] Iredale received a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Southampton in 1995.[1] He carried out most or all of the work for the MRC Fellowships at the University of Southampton. From 1998 until 2004 he was Professor of Hepatology and from 2004 to 2006 a Professor of Medicine at the University.[6]

In 2006, Iredale became a Consultant Hepatologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, a role he remained in until 2016.[1] Iredale also served as a Non-Executive Director of NHS Lothian between 2010 and 2016.[7] He became Chair of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 2006, a role he served in until 2013.[8] From 2013 to 2016 he was a Regius Professor of Medical Science at the university. While at the University of Edinburgh, Iredale also served as Vice Principal Health Services and Dean of Clinical Medicine.[8] As of 2008, he was part of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine[9] and from 2008 to 2015 was Director of the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research at the University. Iredale left the University of Edinburgh in 2016.[10]

Iredale joined the University of Bristol in 2016 as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Health and Life Sciences.[11] From 2017 to 2021 he served as the chair of REF2021 Main Panel A.[12] From 2016 to 2021. From 2016 to 2022 Iredale was a Medical Trustee with the British Heart Foundation. As of December 2021, Iredale was an Honorary Consultant and Non-Executive Director at North Bristol NHS Trust.[13]

In January 2022, Iredale became Interim Executive Chair of the UK Medical Research Council, although he had been a member of the Council from 2016;[14] he stepped down from his position as Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bristol in order to carry out this interim role[13], but retained a role in the medical school as Professor of Experimental Medicine. In September 2022, Iredale became the Chair of the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine,[15] having previously been the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Institute.[16] In November 2023, Iredale chaired a roundtable by the UK Government Office for Science about human genome databases.[17] As of December 2023, he was the Chair of the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute's Board.[18] He also holds two Honorary Consultant contracts at NHS trusts.[7]

Honours, Fellowships and Awards

Iredale's honours include a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1999),[7] a Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2003),[3] a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2012),[19] and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,[20] He received a knighthood in 2024.[21]

In July 2026, Iredale received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Southampton.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Black, A & C (1 December 2024). "Iredale, Prof. Sir John (Peter) unlocked". Who's Who. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lister Institute | About Us | Governing Body". lister-institute.org.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Sir John Iredale". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Iredale, John (22 July 2019). "Peter Iredale obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Academy of Europe: Iredale John". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "John P Iredale". University of Bristol. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 "John Iredale". MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Stem cells may reduce transplants". 6 May 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Farewell and good luck to Professor John Iredale | Centre for Inflammation Research". Centre for Inflammation Research. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "John Iredale, Honorary Consultant Physician and former Non-Executive Director at NBT, awarded a knighthood | North Bristol NHS Trust". www.nbt.nhs.uk. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  12. ↑ England, Higher Funding Council of. "Panel membership - REF 2021". Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  13. 1 2 "December: Professor John Iredale appointed interim Executive Chair of MRC | News and features | University of Bristol". www.bristol.ac.uk. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Iredale, John (9 December 2022). "WRITTEN STATEMENT OF JOHN IREDALE ON BEHALF OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL" (PDF). Infected Blood Inquiry. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "In conversation with our new Chair, Professor John Iredale – Lister Institute". 11 January 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Julian Blow announced as new Chair of the Lister Institute Scientific Advisory Committee | University of Dundee, UK". www.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Human Genome Databases HTML". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  18. ↑ and Maud Humphries (30 December 2023). "Bristol professors and alumnus awarded honours by King Charles III". Epigram. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Professor Sir John Iredale". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  20. ↑ RCPE. "Directory of Fellows and Collegiate Members". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "New Year Honours 2024: knighthood for key Covid pandemic adviser". Times Higher Education (THE). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Southampton celebrates success: Graduation starts today". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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