Professor Mark Jones

Mark Jones received his medical degree in 2006 from the University of Southampton, graduating with distinction in medical sciences, distinction in clinical sciences, and honours. He trained in general medicine and was awarded an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine where he developed a sub-speciality interest in the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung diseases. He was then awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship at the University of Southampton, undertaking a PhD with Professors Donna Davies and Luca Richeldi to investigate early mechanisms of lung fibrosis and 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. Following the award of an NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship 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 in Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton (2019-2023)
• Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician & ILD Clinical Lead, University Hospitals Southampton (2019-present)
• Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton (2023-present)

Prizes

• Scientific Merit Award (2018)