Angus William Thomson

Background

Thomson, Angus William was born on February 13, 1948 in Inverness, Scotland. Son of Angus and Jessie (MacDonald) Thomson.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1974; Doctor of Science, U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1986; Master of Science in Immunology, U. Birmingham, England, 1971.

Career

Research fellow, U. Aberdeen, 1974-1975; lecturer in pathology, U. Aberdeen, 1975-1981; senior lecturer in pathology, U. Aberdeen, 1982-1987; reader in immunology, U. Aberdeen, 1987-1990; visiting fellow, Kolling Research Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 1981-1982; visiting professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1990-1993; research professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1993. Consultant Fisons Pharmaceuticals, Loughborough, England, since 1988. Member editorial board Transplantation, Immunology, since 1989, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Transplant Immunology, Transplantation Procs., since 1992.

External examiner inimmunology U. London, 1987, U. Strathclyde, Scotland, since 1989, U. Glasgow, Scotland, since 1987.

Achievements

• Angus William Thomson has been listed as a notable Immunologist, educator, transplant scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Molecular Biology of Immunosuppression

Membership

Fellow Institute Biology, Royal College Pathologists. Member British Society Immunology (committee member 1987-1990), British Transplantation Society (committee member 1987-1990), American Association Immunologists, Transplantation Society, United States Pharmacopeia (expert panel in transplant immunology).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, writing, soccer, cinema.

Connections

Married Robyn Gai Glover, March 17, 1979. Children: Andrew David, Natalie Helen, Emma Leanne.

Father:

Angus Thomson

Mother:

Jessie (MacDonald) Thomson

Spouse:

Robyn Gai Glover

child:

Natalie Helen Thomson

child:

Andrew David Thomson

child:

Emma Leanne Thomson