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Tim Millar

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  • Education:

    Victoria Park County High School 1982 – 1987Further Education College 1987 – 1989University of Birmingham 1989 – 1992 BSc Biological SciencesRoyal London Hospital / University of Bath 1995 – 2003 PhD and postdoctoral fellowship

  • Qualifications:

    PhDBSc (Hons) Biological SciencesPostgraduate certificate of academic practiceA levels Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsO level English Lang, English Lit, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Commerce, Computer studies, German

  • Work History:

    University of Southampton 2006 – present lecturer in pharmacologyUniversity of Calgary, Canada 2003 – 2006 Postdoctoral fellowshipUniversity of Bath 2000 – 2003 Postdoctoral fellowshipSt Thomas’ Hospital 1994 -1995 Research assistantGlaxoWellcome Ltd 1993 -1994 Research assistant

  • Current Job:

    Lecturer in Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

  • About Me:

    I’m a lecturer in a medical school and teach about how drugs work and my research focuses on blood vessels and how they grow

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    A dad of two, living close to Southampton on the south coast of the UK.   I commute by bike into Southampton, clocking up 5000 miles a year. I used to play rugby and play in a pipe band but now spend most of the summer watching my sons play cricket. I lived in Canada for three years and would love to return.

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    My lab investigates blood vessels and how they grow, a process known as angiogenesis (an-gio-genesis). This is important in growth, devlopment and normal physiology. It can also be a bad thing especially in cancer and we are trying to control blood bad blood vessel growth. We are testing the idea that fats in the blood can switch the blood vessels into a state of uncontrolled growth.  These fats muight come from the diet but might also come from the cells.  When we try to change the fats, we can control how the blood vessels grow.  This means that it might be possible to use drugs or change our fat intake to control the type of blood vessels growth we see in tumours.

    I am also a lecturer in Pharmacology at the Medical School and I teach clinical pharmacology to undergraduate students.  On their first day of work after five years of medical school, doctors will be allowed to prescribe drugs so its important to learn how they work, when to use them and importantly when not to use them or even when they can cause more harm than good.

  • My Typical Day:

    Cycle into work, respond to emails, attend meetings with my research students adn lecture the undergrads on drugs.

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Methodical, introvert, scientist

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      A scientist

      What don't you like about your current job?

      The lack of a real meritocratic workplace

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