Biographical Profile

Neil Henderson undertook medical training in Edinburgh and London before completing a Wellcome Trust funded PhD at the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh. He then trained in hepatology and was awarded a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship, during which time he spent a 3 year post-doctoral period based in Dean Sheppard’s lab at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. Neil was then awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science to investigate novel mechanisms of organ fibrosis and regeneration, using cutting-edge approaches including the rapidly evolving field of single cell genomics.

Honours and Awards

[2021] Hans Popper Basic Science State-of-the-Art Lecture, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease

[2020] Renewal of Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science

[2014] Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science

[2014] Sir Francis Avery Jones British Society of Gastroenterology Research Medal

[2014] United European Gastroenterology Rising Star Award

[2013] British Society of Gastroenterology Research Prize and Plenary Presentation

[2009] Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship

[2008] Dame Sheila Sherlock Research Prize and Lecture, British Association for the Study of the Liver

[2005] The Sue McCarthy and Pushpa Chopra Prizes, Medical Research Society / Academy of Medical Sciences / Royal College of Physicians of London meeting for clinical scientists in training

[2004] Scottish Society of Gastroenterology Anne Ferguson Memorial Prize

[2004] British Association for the Study of the Liver Research prize

[2002] Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellowship