John Pickup

John is a Professor of Diabetes and Metabolism in the Dept of Chemical Pathology, King’s College London School of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London. He is also a visiting professor in the BCP group during 2006 and 2007.

Degrees and diplomas

• New College, University of Oxford, 1968 BA (Hons) Animal Physiology
• University of Oxford 1972 MA,D.Phil Pharmacology/Endocrinology
• University of Oxford 1974 BM, BCh, Medicine
• Royal College of Pathologists, London 1986 MRCPath
• Royal College of Pathologists, London 1993 FRCPath

Honours and awards

• 1969-72 Medical Research Council Scholarship (held at Dept of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
• 1972 Gotch Memorial Prize for Medical Research, University of Oxford
• 1973 Boehringer-Mannheim Travelling Fellowship of the Biochemical Society
• (held at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA)
• 1973 Royal Society Travel Award
• 1973 Proxime Accesit - Radcliffe Infirmary Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• 1983 R D Lawrence Lecturer and Award, British Diabetic Association
• 1987 BUPA Medical Foundation, Research Award (‘Doctor of the Year’)
• 1990 European Institute of Technology Award for biosensor research
• 1992 Charlesworth Award for Textbook of Diabetes (with G Williams & Blackwell Science Ltd)
• 1997 BMA Book Awards,1st Prize, Medicine section (for Textbook of Diabetes), Society of Authors and Royal Society of Medicine Award, Advanced Edited Textbook (Textbook of Diabetes, 2nd edition)
• 2000 Highly Commended, Society of Authors and Royal Society of Medicine Awards (Handbook of Diabetes, 2 nd ed)
• 2001 Mary Jane Kugel Award, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, New York

Appointments

• 2001 to date: Professor of Diabetes and Metabolism, King's College, London (Guy's Hospital)
• 1987-2001: Reader in Chemical Pathology, Guy’s Hospital Campus, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals School of Medicine, London.
• 1982-86: Senior Lecturer and Hon Consultant in Chemical Pathology, Guy’s Hospital Campus, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London
• 1981-82: Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Senior Lecturer Grade), Dept of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London.
• 1979-80: Honorary Lecturer, Departments of Medicine and Chemical Pathology, Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London.
• 1976-79: Research Associate and Honorary Registrar, Unit for Metabolic Medicine, Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London.
• 1976-85: Attached worker, Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London.
• 1976: Senior House Officer, Endocrine Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
• 1975-76: House Officer, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and Northampton General Hospital, Northampton.
• 1973: Research Fellow (Boehringer Mannheim Travelling Fellow of the Biochemical Society), Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, USA.
• 1969-72: Medical Research Council Scholar at University Department of Pharmacology Oxford, leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Thesis: Studies on Posterior Pituitary Hormones and Neurophysins.