David Paterson to head up Department for Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics

Professor David Paterson, Tutor in Pre-Clinical Medicine here at Merton, has been appointed as the new Head of the Department for Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, part of the University of Oxford's Medical Sciences Division. Professor Paterson will take up his new post in October 2016, and will head the department for a period of five years.

Professor Alastair Buchan, Head of the Medical Sciences Division and Dean of the Medical School, said: "David has my full confidence and I look forward to working with him as Head."