Brian Thomson MD, PhD

Dr Brian Thomson qualified in medicine from the University of Edinburgh and trained in Edinburgh, London and Cambridge before becoming Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Nottingham. He has held MRC Training and Clinician Scientist Fellowships in London and Cambridge and was awarded a PhD in 1992. Dr Thomson is founder and Director of the Nottingham Health Science Biobank (NHSB). The NHSB is the only NHS led Biobank in England and brings together a centralised quality assured tissue resource and an innovative informatics strategy to provide a unique platform for research. Dr Thomson leads the NHSE 100,000 Genome Project in Nottingham and is co-investigator for the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Co-ordination Centre.