Professor Stephen O’Rahilly MD FRS
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry & Medicine, University of Cambridge
Stephen O’Rahilly, was born in Dublin in 1958 and received
his primary and secondary education at Beneavin College, Finglas.
He graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin in 1981
followed by an internship at the Mater Hospital. From 1982-1991
he undertook postgraduate training in general medicine and endocrinology
and in diabetes research in London, Oxford and Harvard. In 1991 he established
his own laboratory in University of Cambridge at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
where he was a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science. In 1996 he was
appointed to a newly created Chair of Metabolic Medicine and in 2002 was appointed to the Chair of Clinical
Biochemistry and Medicine at the University of Cambridge. His research has
been concerned with the elucidation of the basic causes of Type 2 diabetes
and obesity at a molecular level. His work has uncovered several previously
unrecognised genetic causes of these diseases including some that are
amenable to specific treatment. He has won many awards for his work
including the Society for Endocrinology Medal, the Graham Bull Prize
of the Royal College of Physicians of London., the European Journal
of Endocrinology Prize, the Novartis International Award for Clinical
Research in Diabetes, the Heinrich Wieland Prize and the Rolf Luft
Award. He was elected to the Royal Society in 2003. While maintaining a
large research laboratory he continues to be actively involved in clinical
practice and the teaching of clinical medical students.