In office: 2018 – 2020

University of Bristol

Bridget Lumb graduated with a BSc (1978) and PhD (1982) from the University of Birmingham. Bridget’s research focuses on CNS mechanisms of pain and fear. She presented her first communication to The Society in 1983 and has been a Member of The Society since 1990. Bridget’s experience of Higher Education started as a technician in the Physiology Department at Nottingham University in the 1970s and latterly at Bristol where she has worked in the Department of Physiology (now Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience) for the last 30 years. Bridget’s experience spans a broad academic arena such as membership of editorial boards (including Deputy Chair of Experimental Physiology), grant awarding bodies, and Council membership of The Physiological Society. As its scientific Meetings Secretary, she became the first female executive committee member of the Society in 126 years. She has also been a Member, and chaired several of The Society’s committees, including its Education Committee and the Animal Legislation and Welfare Committee.