Luke Devey

Following graduation from the University of Oxford in 1998, Luke Devey began his clinical career with house jobs in Oxford and Newcastle. Thereafter he undertook his basic surgical training in Edinburgh between 1999 and 2004. Mr Devey's research project, supervised by Professor Stephen Wigmore, concerned the role of hemeoxygenase-1 in hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury and macrophage differentiation. His work was funded by a Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship and led to the award of a PhD by the University of Birmingham as well as several National and International prizes. Mr Devey has enjoyed excellent support for his post-doctoral research, in the form of a prestigious Clinician Scientist Fellowship awarded by the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Health Foundation. His research fellow, James Richards, is funded by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training fellowship.

Mr Luke Devey

Clinician Scientist

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Qualifications

  • Master of Arts (MA), 1992, Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (BMBCh), 1995, University of Oxford
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCSEd), 2001, Edinburgh
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2007, University of Birmingham (PhD)

Appointments and activities

The two focuses of Luke Devey's work are the role of immune cell populations in the pathogenesis, alleviation and resolution of hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury, and large-scale population studies of cadaveric organ donation. Mr Devey integrates his scientific studies with clinical work as a senior surgical trainee in the South East Scotland rotation.

To maximize the translational impact of his work, Mr Devey is to be trained in industrial experimental medicine as part of the highly competitive GlaxoSmithKline Esprit R&D programme (see link below)

Awards

  • Texas Instruments Computing Scholarship, Green College, Oxford 1995
  • Sir Richard Doll Senior Computing Scholarship, Green College, Oxford 1996
  • Green College Record/ Paper Moon Scholarship, Green College, Oxford 1997
  • Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Research Training Fellowship 2004-7
  • Chiene medal in surgery 2005
  • President's poster prize, Society of Academic Research Surgery (SARS) 2006
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Young Investigator Award 2007
  • Syme Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2009
  • Alpine Liver and Pancreatic Surgery (ALPS) Best presentation 2009 & 2011
  • Academy of Medical Sciences/ Health Foundation Clinician Scientist Fellowship 2009-14
  • GlaxoSmithKline Esprit Associate 2013

Memberships

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • British Transplantation Society
  • British Society for Immunology

Publications

A list of Mr Devey's publications is available from the PubMed.gov website.

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