Dr Turner's research focuses on understanding the causes of diabetes, and in identifying targets for the development of therapies to treat or prevent the disease. Dr Turner gained his PhD in Medicine at the University of Liverpool, before moving to the USA to undertake postdoctoral studies at The Scripps Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He then returned to the UK to take up a faculty appointment at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, before later moving to his current position of Associate Professor at Nottingham Trent University.
Experience
2012–2018
Associate Professor in Biomedical Molecular Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University
2012–2018
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Genomic Medicine, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
2000–2012
Lecturer in Cell Biology, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
1997–2000
Research Associate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1994–1996
Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute