Professor Jane A Mitchell

Jane Mitchell is Head of Cardiothoracic Pharmacology at NHLI. Professor Mitchell is also coordinator of module 2 (mediators and the lung) in the NHLI-run BSc in Respiratory Medicine.

Professor Mitchell completed a PhD in Pharmacology with Sir Professor John R Vane (FRS, Nobel Laureate) and Dr Gilberto De Nucci 1990 before joining Professor Ferid Murad (NAS USA, Nobel Laureate) as a fellow of Northwestern University (Chicago, USA) for her postdoctoral training in the biochemistry of nitric oxide synthase. She returned to work with John Vane on the pharmacology of cyclo-oxygenase isoforms before joining the group of Professor Timothy Williams at the National Heart and Lung Institute, now part of Imperial College.

Professor Mitchell was awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship in 1997 and the Novartis Prize for Pharmacology in 1999 for her contribution to the field of cyclo-oxygeanse biology. Since this time, Professor Mitchell has led her own group - Cardiothoracic Pharmacology - consisting of academics, clinicians, postdoctoral fellows and undergraduate/postgraduate students.

Professor Mitchell is amongst the top 1% of cited pharmacologists world-wide and as such, is a member of Thomson Scientific Highlycited listings (isihighlycited.com) with more than 150 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Professor Mitchell was awarded the 2009 Rector’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision and Elected Research Supervision Fellow.