In office: 2016 – 2020

Queen’s University of Belfast

Graham McGeown is the Dunville Chair of Physiology at Queen’s University of Belfast. He qualified in Physiology and Medicine before completing his research doctorate on lymphatic function. His research now focusses on the control of the microcirculation, especially as it applies to the retina and diabetic retinopathy. This work relies on molecular, electrophysiological and Ca2+ imaging techniques to explore microvascular physiology and pathophysiology using in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models. He became a Member of The Physiological Society in 1990 and has previously served as its Honorary Treasurer. He believes that physiology, as the study of function and how it is integrated within living things, is crucial to the understanding of both health and disease.