Alicia El Haj BSc, MSc, PhD, FREng, FRSB, FEAMBES

Professor Alicia El Haj is a leading figure in Regenerative Medicine and has been involved in bringing together interdisciplinary groups within biomedicine, physical sciences, and engineering interested in aspects of cell and tissue engineering. She was a founder Director of Keele University's Research Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine (ISTM). In September 2018 Alicia El Haj moved to the University of Birmingham but remains as a Visiting Professor at Keele University.

Prof El-Haj is the Research Director of an EPSRC DTC in Regenerative Medicine, one of the co-directors of the new EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing Centre in Regenerative Medicine and a collaborator in the new Arthritis Research UK Tissue Engineering Centre. She has published over 100 publications with an emphasis on engineering solutions for controlling stem cell behavior and new orthopedic repair strategies using novel enabling technology approaches with funding from EPSRC, BBSRC, Welcome Trust, AR UK, and EU Framework.

Prof El-Haj is a Chair-elect of the European Council for TERMIS, a member of the UK National Stem Cell Advisory Board, the IFMBE Working Group for Cellular Engineering, and the IPEM Academic Advisory board. She is on the editorial board of JTERM and Tissue Engineering and is currently serving as a member of the Medical Research Council’s Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS) Panel. Prof El-Haj served on the General Engineering UK REF 2014 Panel.