About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
A list of your current and past PhD students.
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Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
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You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
Professor Savita Rangarajan is an internationally renowned Haematologist with over two decades of experience at the consultant level, specialising in coagulation medicine and haemophilia. She is currently serving as Professor of Clinical Haematology at the University of Southampton.
Trained in India at Mumbai University, where she earned her MBBS and MD, Savita furthered her medical education and clinical training in the United Kingdom. She holds fellowships from both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists and is listed on the UK’s Specialist Register as a Haematologist.
Her clinical career has spanned major UK institutions including Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she developed and led comprehensive haemostasis and thrombosis services. She played a pivotal role in establishing the Southern Haemophilia Network and integrating cutting-edge clinical trials platforms across multiple NHS trusts.
Savita has been instrumental in advancing gene and cell therapy for bleeding disorders, leading major international Phase III clinical trials and contributing to landmark publications in journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine, and The Lancet. She has secured over £1 million in investigator-initiated research grants and is actively engaged in translational research, particularly in thrombosis and haemophilia care.
In addition to her work in the UK, she is a Consultant to Reliance Life Sciences in India and leads their Gene and Cell Therapy initiatives. She has also established a Clinical Trials and Research Unit at KJ Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital in Mumbai, reflecting her commitment to global health and cross-border collaboration.
Savita is co-founder of the Southern Interdisciplinary Global Health Network (SigHN) and founder of the Scientific Academic Coagulation Consortium (SACC), both of which foster collaborative international research. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the UK Haemophilia Doctors Organisation, American Society of Hematology, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy.
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
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Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.