Professor Colin Hewitt
Professor in Immunology & Head of School of Biological Sciences
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5587
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3378
E-Mail: crah1@le.ac.uk
Colin Hewitt studied Immunology at King’s College London with an industrial year at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. After graduating with a first class BSc, he studied for a PhD in human T cell immunology starting at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Tumour Immunology Unit at University College London and moving with the lab to Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Imperial College London, where he finished his PhD.
After obtaining his PhD, Colin worked on the cloning and expression of antigen specific human T cell antigen receptors at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories at Lincolns Inn Fields, London and then on superantigens and house dust mite allergens at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London.
In 1993, Colin joined the newly opened Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity at the University of Leicester University on a joint MRC - University of Leicester Fellowship. Here, he worked on the immunological mechanisms of allergies to antibiotics, the allergenicity of house dust mites, immunological responses to therapeutic streptokinase, and respiratory virus exacerbated asthma and childhood wheeze.
In 2001, he was appointed Lecturer in Immunology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Leicester and in 2004 moved to the Department of Genetics.
Colin is a licenced bird ringer and contributes ringing and biometric data to the British Trust for Ornithology. These data on the abundance, survival of adults and chicks, breeding success and migratory movements are used in nationally coordinated studies of bird demographics conducted by the BTO.
Research
Teaching
Undergraduate
BS3012 Infection and Immunity - Lecturer and module convenor
BS3031 Human Genetics - Lecturer
MB2050 Targeting Biochemical Knowledge to Medical Problems - Lecturer
Phase 1 MBChB Special Science Study Module (MB2050) - Lecturer
BS1005 Genes - Tutor
BSc Immunology - Degree Convenor (2000 - 2007)
Other Responsibilities
Undergraduate
Chair of the School of Biological Sciences Board of Examiners
Chair of the School of Biological Sciences Mitigating Circumstances Committee
School of Biological Sciences Plagiarism Officer
Member of School of Biological Sciences Board of Studies
Member of Biological Sciences (Microbiology) Teaching Team
Member of Biological Sciences (Genetics) Teaching Team
Member of School of Biological Sciences Student Staff Liaison Committee
Postgraduate Taught
Chair of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology Board of Studies for the MScs in Molecular and Medical Bioscience
MSc in Molecular Genetics - Deputy Convenor
Plagiarism Officer for 5 MScs in Molecular and Medical Biosciences
Member of the Taught Postgraduate Programmes Committee
Member of the College Academic Committee
Member of the MSc in Molecular Genetics Teaching Team
Member of the Boards of Examiners for
· MSc Bioinformatics
· MSc Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
· MSc Chronic Disease and Inflammation
· MSc Infection & Immunity
· MSc Molecular Genetics
MSc Molecular Pathology and Toxicology
Research Project Modules Coordinator for 5 MScs in Molecular and Medical Biosciences -
Department
Chair of the Department of Genetics Athena Committee
Undergraduate Research Project Modules Coordinator, Department of Genetics
University
Member of the University Programme Development Committee
Member of the University Athena Swan Working Group
PhD Projects
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