Walmsley, Sarah, MD

Sarah Walmsley is a Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow and Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Honorary Consultant Physician, NHS Lothian and Co-Director of the Edinburgh Clinical Academic Training Scheme. She undertook her medical training at the University of Edinburgh graduating in 1997, and an MRC training fellowship at the University of Cambridge with her PhD having been awarded in 2004. Her specialist training in Respiratory Medicine was in Sheffield, where she also held a Wellcome Intermediate Fellowship. During this time, she had two periods of maternity leave. She is currently based in the Centre for Inflammation Research in Edinburgh. Her work is focused on understanding how local oxygen and nutrient availability in the inflamed environment can reprogram neutrophil behaviour in both acute and chronic inflammatory lung disease states.