Stuart Alexander Cook
Associate Professor
research and development
Genome Institute of Singapore
Singapore
Biography
EDUCATION 2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School, USA 2000 PhD, Imperial College, London, UK 1997 MRCP UK 1994 MBBS - Distinction in Medicine and O&G, Saint Bartholomew's Medical College, University of London 1991 B.Sc.- First Class Honours in Biochemistry, Saint Bartholomew's Medical College, University of London PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Current Director, National Heart Research Institute Singapore (75%) Senior consultant, National Heart Centre Singapore Professor of Clinical and Molecular Cardiology, Duke-NUS Professor of Clinical and Molecular Cardiology, Imperial College (25%) 2010 Professor of Clinical and Molecular Cardiology at Imperial College 2009 Head of Genetics at Royal Brompton NHS Trust 2008 Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, Group Head in MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Honorary Consultant at the Hammersmith Hospital 2003-2008 SpR in Cardiology, NW Thames rotation Senior Lecturer in Clinical Cardiology, Imperial College, London Group Head, Molecular Cardiology, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre 2000 - 2003 Wellcome International Prize Travelling Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. HONORS AND AWARDS 2012 STaR Investigator Award from National Medical Research Council, Singapore 2011 British Cardiac Society, Young Research Workers' Prize (Dr Ware, PhD student) 2006 British Cardiac Society, Young Research Workers' Prize (Dr Sarwar, PhD student) 2005 British Cardiac Society, Young Research Workers' Prize finalist (Dr Cook) 2005 Medical Research Society, Raftery Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences 2003 American Heart Association Late Breaking Science Award
Research Interest
Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, genome
