Doctor Mark Jones

Mark Jones received his medical degree with honours from the University of Southampton. He trained in general medicine before specialising in Respiratory Medicine, developing a sub-speciality interest in the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung diseases. He was subsequently awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship at the University of Southampton, undertaking a PhD with Professors Davies and Richeldi to investigate the pathogenetic role of collagen in lung fibrosis where he developed interests in human relevant in vitro models of fibrosis and the application of novel technologies to advance understanding of human lung fibrosis. As an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer he established the routine biobanking of samples from patients undergoing surgical lung biopsy for the investigation of fibrotic  interstitial lung disease, forming a longitudinal cohort of patients which supported the establishment of the Southampton Lung Fibrosis Group, a multidisciplinary group of investigators studying determinants of progressive fibrotic lung diseases with the aims of developing novel approaches to disease classification, prognostic stratification, and treatment.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons), Biomedical Sciences, University of Southampton 2005
• BM (Hons), Medicine, University of Southampton 2006
• M.R.C.P., UK 2009
• PhD, University of Southampton, 2016

Appointments Held

• Academic Foundation Trainee, University Hospitals Southampton (2006-2008)
• Core Medical Trainee, Wessex Deanery (2008-2010)
• NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine, Wessex Deanery & University of Southampton (2010-2013)
• Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow, University of Southampton (2013-2016)
• NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton & University Hospitals Southampton (2017-2019)
• Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton (2019-present)

Prizes

• Scientific Merit Award (2018)