Dr Sylvia L.F. Pender BSc (Hons), PhD
Associate Professor in Mucosal Immunology,
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Dr Sylvia L.F. Pender is Associate Professor (Reader) in Mucosal Immunology, within Medicine at the University of Southampton. She was one of the first to discover the involvement of matrix metalloproteinases in the immune mediated responses which lead to mucosal tissue inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.
As a mucosal immunologist, I am interested in investigating how the mucosal adaptive and innate responses can modulate disease outcomes and how intervention in them can improve the lives of patients
Her current research focuses on newly discovered functions of MMPs and their related proteins which play important roles in anti-inflammatory processes, anti-microbial infection, metabolic syndrome and the diseases of ageing.
Dr Pender has played a leading role in the protease field and is an author of more than 50 original research articles on this topic [h-index: 29 (ISI Web of Science); 33 (Google Scholar)]. She is on the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology and the International Scholar Research Network – Inflammation. She is also an EU FP7 grant evaluator.
She is currently the Adjunct Associate Professor at International Medical University in Malaysia. She was a VC award winner in 2010 for promoting internationalization in the University. She is also a Global Partnership Award winner in 2013 for enhancing international research collaboration and partnership with Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Qualifications
BSc.(Hons), Biochemical Sciences, University of Keele 1992
PhD, University of London 1996 (with an Overseas Research Scholarship award)
Appointments held
Research Fellow St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London. 1995
Non-clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton 2000
Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton 2005
Reader in Mucosal Immunology, University of Southampton 2009
Adjunct Associate Professor, International Medical University in Malaysia since 2015