Professor Rohan Lewis BSc (Hons), PhD
Professor of Placental and Integrative Physiology
- Related links
Rohan Lewis is Professor in Placental and Integrative Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Prof Lewis completed his PhD in University of Auckland, New Zealand, before undertaking postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge and then the University of Southampton. In 2005 he was appointed to a lectureship in physiology at Southampton, in 2012 Reader in Physiology and in 2016 Professor in Placental and Integrative Physiology. Prof Lewis leads the Placental Research Laboratory in Southampton which is focused on understanding how placenta supports the growth of a healthy fetus and how placental dysfunction may impact on the health throughout the life course. The placental research group is taking systems biology approach to understanding placental function. This seeks to both understand the mechanisms underlying specific placental functions and how these mechanisms interact to form a functioning placenta and produce a healthy baby.
Qualifications
BSc in Biochemistry, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand BSc Hons. in Biochemistry, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand PhD, Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, New Zealand PG Cert in Academic Practice (Education), University of Southampton, UK.
Appointments held
Research Associate, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge 1998-2000
Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Southampton 2000-2005