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| Occupation: | Professor of Respiratory Toxicology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifications: | BSc(Hons), PhD, DSc, FIBiol, FRCPath, FFOM
| Explanation of | Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Honours) | Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Science Fellow of the Institute of Biology Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine Organisation: | University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research | Address: |
ELEGI Colt Laboratory |
Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ (View Location Map) (View Aerial Photo) Office Telephone: | 0131 242 6580 / 0131 651 1437 | Home Telephone: | 0131 441 6670 | Mobile: | 07766 257304 | Fax: | 0131 651 1558 | Email: |
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|  : www.link.med.ed.ac.uk/ELEGI |
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Professor Ken Donaldson is an expert in particle-related lung | and respiratory disease and inhalation toxicology relating to :- Asbestos/asbestosis Glass fibres Synthetic vitreous fibres Naturally occurring fibres Quartz (crystalline silica) Coal Coalmine dust Organic dusts Sensitising chemicals Zeolites Diesel soot Combustion particles Cigarette smoke Volcanic ash Tunnel dust from underground railways Nanoparticles All types of particles Career background :- Professor Ken Donaldson is Professor of Respiratory Toxicology at the Respiratory Medicine Unit of the University of Edinburgh (web site). He is also Scientific Director of the Edinburgh Lung and the Environment Group Initiative (ELEGI) Laboratory - a collaborative venture that brings together researchers to work on air pollution and the lung (see 'web' link, above). The main diseases that are studied are those caused by cigarette smoke and particles of various sorts. He has a PhD and a DSc from the University of Edinburgh and a BSc(Hons) (First Class) in Biology from the University of Stirling and is a Fellow of several distinguished societies, including the Royal College of Pathologists. Professor Donaldson has carried out research into the effects of particles and lung disease for 20 years and has co-authored more than 200 published papers and textbook chapters on this area of research. He sits on the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution - an advisory committee of independent experts that provides advice to UK Govt. Departments and Agencies on all matters concerning the potential toxicity and effects upon health of air pollutants (web site). He has provided expert advice to UK and US agencies such as the UK HSE and the US EPA and NIOSH on particles and lung disease. Memberships of other professional associations :- International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (web site) |
