ProfRoger Preston

Associate Professor

School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

  • Associate Professor
    School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
  • +3531402 Ext.5023 (Work)
  • RCSI, Molecular & Cellular Therapeutics, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

BIOGRAPHY

Roger Preston obtained his BSc. (Hons) in Molecular Biology from University of Aberdeen, completed an MSc. in Bioengineering at the University of Strathclyde then attained his PhD at Imperial College London. He was appointed Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin in 2012 then Lecturer in Vascular Biology at RCSI in 2016 and is Co-Founder and Scientific Director of the Irish Centre for Vascular Biology.

He has received several prestigious individual funding awards, including an HRB Research Fellowship (2007), a SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant (2009), an HAI Novartis Fellowship Award (2010) and SFI Career Development Award (2016). His research has been recognized by international research awards including the Novo Nordisk ‘Access-To-Insight’ Research Prize (2010), the Bayer Hemophilia Award Program Early Career Investigator Award (2013), Daiichi-Sankyo Irish Heart Foundation Award (2015) and Bayer Hemophilia Award Program Special Project Award (2016).

He has served as the Scientific Secretary of the Haematology Association of Ireland and serves on the Editorial Board of 'Seminars in Thrombosis and Haemostasis' (2015-present), 'Research and Practises in Thrombosis and Haemostasis' (2016-present) and was recently appointed an Associate Editor of 'Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis' (2018-present).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Vascular Biology
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2016
  • Assistant Professor in Immunology
    Trinity College Dublin, Medicine, Dublin, Ireland3 Sep 2012 - 31 Aug 2016
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Trinity College Dublin, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Dublin, Ireland1 Oct 2016

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Scientific Director
    Irish Centre of Vascular Biology1 Oct 2017

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Imperial College London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2001 - 30 Sep 2004
  • MSc Bioengineering
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom1 Oct 2000 - 30 Sep 2001
  • BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology
    University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom1 Oct 1996 - 15 Jun 2000

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Education
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Healthcare Professions Education Centre, Dublin, Ireland

LANGUAGES

  • English

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Bioengineering
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Drug development
  • Endothelial Cell biology
  • Haemophilia
  • Immunity
  • Inflammation
  • Malaria
  • Stroke
  • Therapeutics
  • Vascular Diseases

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS