Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker (born 1954) is May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of

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.Professor Rajesh Thakker, Somerville College
University of Oxford Thakker is also a

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at the

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and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Principal investigator (PI) at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) and was Chairman of the

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/ MRC Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Board until Spring 2016.

Education

Thakker was educated at

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, where he was awarded his Master of Arts (MA),

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

(MB BChir), Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Science (ScD) degrees. He completed his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital Medical School.

Research and career

Thakker's research investigates

neuroendocrine tumours Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine ( hormonal) and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they are often called carcinoid tumors, but they are also found in the pancreas, ...

such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) and the molecular basis of disorders of calcium homeostasis. He has supervised nine successful Doctor of Philosophy students and his research has been funded by the

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. Thakker has edited several books including ''Genetic and Molecular Biological Aspects of Endocrine Disease'', ''Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Disorders'', and ''Genetics of Bone Biology and Skeletal Disease''.

Awards and honours

Thakker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads:

Personal life

Thakker is married to Julie Clare Magee and has one daughter, Clare Thakker, who has qualified as a doctor from Clare College, Cambridge. He is a school governor at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakker, Rajesh Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) 1954 births Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford Physicians of the John Radcliffe Hospital