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Iain Cameron is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
He completed his second term of office as Dean of Medicine in 2018 and is now pursuing a non-executive career in the health and charity sectors.
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Biography
After graduating in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, he underwent postgraduate clinical and research training in obstetrics and gynaecology, and reproductive medicine, in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Cambridge.
He held the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow from 1993 and moved to Southampton in 1999. His main clinical and research interests are reproductive endocrinology and investigation of the impact of the maternal environment on early pregnancy. Iain became Head of the School of Medicine in January 2004 and was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in August 2010.
He has been a non-executive Director of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Board from 2011-2017, and was Chair of Medical Schools Council from 2013-2016.
He completed his second term of office as Dean of Medicine in 2018 and is now pursuing a non-executive career in the health and charity sectors.
Selected Responsibilities
Local
i. Academic
University Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team, Chair 2012-18
University Executive Board 2016-18
ii. National Health Service
Research Strategy Board, University Hospital Southampton
and University of Southampton (Joint Chair) 2008-18
Non-Executive Director, University Hospital Southampton 2011-17
Wessex Academic Health Science Network Board 2012-18
Centre for Workforce Wellbeing, Health Education England Wessex 2018-22
iii. Other
Board of Trustees, Wessex Medical Research 2008-18
National/International
i. Department of Health
UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Board 2008-18
NIHR Advisory Board 2013-16
Medical Health Education England (HEE) Advisory Group 2013-16
HEE Shape of Training Stakeholder Group 2015-16
ii. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Academic Committee 2006-15
iii. Other
Chair, Medical Schools Council 2013 - 2016
Academic Health Solutions (Expert Advisory Panel) 2015-date
Non-Executive Director (Chair from 2021) MDDUS (Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland) 2017-date
Director and Trustee, The Telos Foundation, 2018-date
Director and Trustee, British Pregnancy Advisory Service, 2020-date
Qualifications
1977 BSc (Medical Sciences), 1st Class Honours Pharmacology
1980 MB ChB (University of Edinburgh)
1986 MRCOG (Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
1987 MRACOG (Member, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; MRANZCOG from 1998)
1988 MD (University of Edinburgh)
1992 MA (University of Cambridge)
1999 FRCOG (Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
2002 ILTM (Member, Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education)
2007 FHEA (Fellow, Higher Education Academy)
2011 FRSB (Fellow, Royal Society of Biology)
2011 FRCP Edin (Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh)
2016 Hon FacadMed (Honorary Fellow, Academy of Medical Educators)
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