Honours and Awards

Awards

Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind Research Award, Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, USA. 1997.

Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Charitable Trusts, USA. 1995.

Fulbright Program Scholar, United States Information Agency, USA. 1988.

Exchange Program Scholarship, International Federation of Medical Students Organizations, University of Turin, Italy. 1985.

External committees

External Scientific Board, Vision Research Institute (IBILI), Coimbra, Portugal. External Scientific Board Member. 1998 -

Memberships of professional bodies

Member, BSCB. 2005 -

Member, Biochemical Society. 2000 -

Member, ASCB. 1998 -

Member, ASBMB. 1995 -

Member, ARVO. 1995 -

Links with other academic bodies

Director, Gulbenkian PhD Programme in Biomedicine, Gulbenkian Institute, Lisbon, Portugal. The programme involves approx. 19 students/year undergoing a 4-year training towards PhD. The 1st year is mainly run in Lisbon and years 2-5 are research projects in a lab chosen anywhere in the world. 2000 -