Historic appointment by University of Bath
The University of Bath has appointed the first female Professor in its 98-year history of pharmacy research. Melanie Welham is one of three new professors appointed to help strengthen the department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology's position as a leading centre for research.
The University of Bath has appointed the first female Professor in its 98-year history of pharmacy research. Melanie Welham is one of three new professors appointed to help strengthen the department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology's position as a leading centre for research.
Professor Welham's research interests are in the signalling processes that control the growth and development of stem cells for use in future treatments for a range of diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and spinal cord injuries. In 2003 she was awarded a three-year research development fellowship from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to develop this research further.
She also chairs the Signal Transduction theme panel of the Biochemical Society, is a member of the Medical Research Council advisory board and an editor of the Biochemical Journal.
The other appointments see Anthony Smith, who has been head of the department since 2002, become Professor of Pharmacy, while Steve Ward gains promotion to Professor of Molecular Pharmacology.