Shervanthi Homer-vanniasinkam IBSc, MBBS, FRCSE, FRCS

Professor Shervanthi Homer-­‐Vanniasinkam was appointed Consultant Vascular Surgeon at The General Infirmary at Leeds in October 1995, having trained in India and the UK. In June 2008 she was awarded a Personal Chair in Clinical and Experimental Vascular Research by the University of Bradford; in 2006, she was appointed to the first Chair in Translational Vascular Medicine at Bradford. In September 2008, she was appointed Director of Research and Education at the Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research (affiliated to University College London; UCL) and was invited to accept an Honorary Chair in Surgery at UCL. In addition to her clinical work as a full-­‐time vascular surgeon, she is actively involved in a number of basic, applied and translational research projects. Her initial research interests focused on ischaemia-­‐reperfusion injury in which she has published widely and has given a number of national and international presentations.