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is Chairman of the Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Spinal Research, and Director of Medical Studies at King’s College Cambridge. He trained in medicine at Oxford University and St. Thomas’ Hospital, and then practiced for four years, in autoimmune disease, before going into basic research. He began his research on the repair of the damaged brain and spinal cord while at the Salk Institute in California, and continued when he came to Cambridge University. His main interest has been the inhibition of nerve fiber regeneration by scar tissue. He has also worked on brain grafting, brain development and stem cells. Dr. Fawcett recently gained the distinction of being the first winner of the Ulrich Schellenberg Prize from the Institut International de Recherche en Paraplegie for his work on regeneration of the spinal cord. | 