Professor Sir R. Maini

 

 

Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

 

Professor Sir Ravinder Maini is Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology at Imperial College London and was appointed the Scientific Director of The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in 1990 and Head of the Kennedy Division upon its merger with Imperial College until his retirement in 2002.

 

His research as a clinician-scientist, which he continues to pursue, is on the role of cytokines in the pathogenesis and targeted biological therapy of immune-mediated rheumatic diseases.  He has published over 480 scientific papers, is Co-Editor in Chief of a journal and serves on a number of medical charities and scientific advisory boards of international biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.  He is a non-executive Director of a mutual not-for-profit provider of professional indemnity to Doctors and of a Research and Development Health Sciences Company in India.

 

He has received international recognition for his work, including honorary doctorates from University René Descartes, Paris and the University of Glasgow, and the Distinguished Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology. He is the recipient of a number of awards jointly with Professor Feldmann, for their discovery of anti-TNF therapy of rheumatoid arthritis, including the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy in 2000, the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award in 2003 and the Paul Janssen Prize in 2008.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London.