Malcolm J. Jackson PhD, DSc, FRCPath

Malcolm Jackson is a professor of musculoskeletal biology and Head of the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. Additionally, he is the Director of the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA). Malcolm has an extensive research interest in ageing and frailty with increasing involvement in studies of the effects of microgravity on muscle loss in space. His specific area of expertise is the redox biology of skeletal muscle. He has published over 200 original scientific papers and is the Liverpool Site Director of the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Integrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA), a UK Centre of Excellence. He has substantial research links with the University of Michigan and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation funded through a joint program-project grant from the US National Institute on Aging (NIH). Current research funding comes from the MRC, BBSRC and UK Space Agency.