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Biosketch:
Tim Sprosen has been Chief Scientific Officer for UK Biobank since August 2004. His responsibilities include the integration and delivery of the scientific activities and clinical operations at UK Biobank. He is also vice-chair of the North West Research Ethics Committee and chair of the governing body of his local primary school in Nottingham. Before joining UK Biobank, he was director of product development and acting director of clinical operations for Health Decisions Limited in Oxford . Tim has also worked as associate director of clinical development for Baxter Healthcare at their European headquarters in Brussels; and as the first clinical trials manager at the Medical Research Council (MRC) headquarters. He has led two US West-coast start-ups to successful first meetings with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tim is also an invited trainer in the area of innovation/lateral thinking and the management of virtual teams. Tim received his BSc in pharmacology from the University of Dundee in 1987 and his MPhil/DPhil from the University of Cambridge in 1990. His post-doctoral research in central nervous system (CNS) electrophysiological studies was undertaken in Cambridge and Oxford . Tim may be the youngest particiant in UK Biobank, having participated on his 40th birthday!
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