Brian Walker

Brian Walker was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor at Newcastle University in 2022, having served as Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Strategy & Resources and Professor of Medicine since 2017.

He was previously at the University of Edinburgh, where he was a clinical Endocrinologist, BHF Senior Research Fellow, Head of the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, and Dean of Research for the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine.

His group’s research, spanning from experimental models to genetic epidemiology, has revealed the role of steroid stress hormones in cardiovascular disease and developed a new drug through to clinical trials. Brian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a former Chair of the Wellcome Trust Clinical Interview Committee and BHF Project Grants Committee, was a member of the Clinical Medicine sub-panel for REF2021, and is currently Chair of the MRC Population & Systems Medicine Board and member of MRC Strategy and Major Investments Boards.