David Frank Goldspink

Background

Goldspink, David Frank was born on January 15, 1944 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Son of James Albert and Muriel (Gee) Goldspink.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Chemistry, U. Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Biochemistry, U. Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1969; Doctor of Science, U. Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1986.

Career

Postdoctoral research fellow, Muscular Dystrophy Unit, U. Newcastle, 1969-1971; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1971-1973; lecturer in physiology, Queen's U., Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1974-1982; reader in physiology, Queen's U., Belfast, 1982-1987; senior lecturer cardiovascular studies, U. Leeds, England, 1988-1993; professor cell biology Research School Medicine, U. Leeds, England, since 1993. Grant application reviewer Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation and National Science Foundation. External examiner of higher degrees for several universities, United Kingdom.

Achievements

• David Frank Goldspink has been listed as a noteworthy Cell biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Communicant, church warden, member parochial church county Church of England. Appeals coordinator Leeds Faith in Schools, 1994-1997, St. George's Crypt for the Homeless, Leeds, 1997-1998, trustee since 1999. Member Salvation Army's Yorkshire Advisory Panel, since 1998.

Member British Society for Cardiovascular Research, Physiological Society, Bio-chemical Society (editorial advisor 1981-1986).

Connections

Married Edith Miller, May 16, 1970. Children: Wilkins Michelle Anwyn, Graham Jonathan.

Father:

James Albert Goldspink

Mother:

Muriel (Gee) Goldspink

Spouse:

Edith Miller

child:

Wilkins Michelle Anwyn Goldspink

child:

Graham Jonathan Goldspink