The glass half full man: Professor Chas Bountra and Oxford's innovative future
‘Everyone across the university has been inspired by the vaccine team,’ insists Professor Bountra. ‘They have seen what is feasible[the creation of the vaccine and the work with Astra Zeneca] must be one of the biggest knowledge transfers in history.’
I’m so proud of what the vaccine team achievedpeople wanted hope, they were desperate for hope and our colleagues gave them hope, and eventually a route out of this wretched pandemic
Professor Bountra
Professor Bountra is fizzing with undisguised enthusiasm, as he discusses everything from a dementia cure [do not count on it], to the COVID vaccine [just fantastic] to the faculty [incredible] and the students [astonishing]. He really does not want to talk about himself – although this is supposed to be an interview about him. The self-effacing professor wants to talk only about Oxford and the future – ‘far more interesting’.
He maintains, ‘I’m so proud of what the vaccine team achievedpeople wanted hope, they were desperate for hope and our colleagues gave them hope, and eventually a route out of this wretched pandemic. People looked t
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Chas is Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Oxford, Professor of Translational Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, CSO for the SGC, academic lead for the Dementia Drug Discovery Institute and Professorial Fellow at Keble College.
Prior to coming back to Oxford in , Chas was Vice President and Head of Biology at GlaxoSmithKline. Chas is an invited expert on several government and charitable research funding bodies, and an advisor for many academic, biotech and pharma drug discovery programmes. In he was voted one of the “top innovators in the industry”, in received the “Rita and John Cornforth Award” from the Royal Society of Chemistry, in and was voted “Master of the Bench” from the Medicine Maker Power List, and in was awarded the “Order of the British Empire” in the New Years Honours List.
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Chas is Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Oxford, Professor of Translational Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, CSO for the SGC, academic lead for the Dementia Drug Discovery Institute and Professorial Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. Prior to coming back to Oxford in , Chas was Vice President and Head of Biology at GlaxoSmithKline. Chas is an invited expert on several government and charitable research funding bodies, and an advisor for many academic, biotech and pharma drug discovery programmes. In he was voted one of the “top innovators in the industry”, in received the “Rita and John Cornforth Award” from the Royal Society of Chemistry, in and was voted “Master of the Bench” from the Medicine Maker Power List, and in was awarded the “Order of the British Empire” in the New Years Honours List.
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Chas Bountra serves as the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Oxford. He is also a Professor of Translational Medicine and the Head of Impact and Innovation in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine. Additionally, he holds the position of Director at Oxford University Innovations and is a Professorial Fellow at Keble College, Oxford.
Chas is a recognized expert, contributing to several government and charitable research funding bodies. He advises academic institutions, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical drug discovery programs. In , he was honoured as one of the “top innovators in the industry.” He received the prestigious “Rita and John Cornforth Award” from the Royal Society of Chemistry in Furthermore, he was voted “Master of the Bench” in the Medicine Maker Power List for both and In , he was awarded the “Order of the British Empire” in the New Year’s Honours List.
Before returning to Oxford in , Chas held the position of Vice President and Head of Biology at GlaxoSmithKline. His contributions included identifying over 40 clinical candidates for various gastro-intestinal, inflammatory, and neuro-psychia
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