Endocrine Abstracts

Professor David Ray

David Ray graduated in Medicine from University of Manchester in 1987. He trained in medicine and endocrinology in the North West, before doing a PhD with Anne White and Julian Davis, again in Manchester. Towards the end of his PhD he was offered a post with Shlomo Melmed at UCLA, and, attracted by the lab, and the adjacent coast, headed west. This research post stimulated an interest in inflammation, and its neuroendocrine control, which he pursued back in the UK initially as a lecturer, research fellow, and then Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester. He now runs a research group looking at nuclear receptors, circadian clocks, and inflammation. In addition to research he contributes to the tertiary endocrine service at Manchester Royal Infirmary, and is associate dean for research at the University of Manchester.