Dr Tina Chowdhury
BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCAP, SFHEA

 
Dr Tina Chowdhury

Senior Lecturer in Regenerative Medicine
SEMS EDI Director
Intercalated BSc Programme Director and Admissions

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Brief Biography

Dr Tina Chowdhury completed her PhD in 2002 and joined QMUL as a PDRA until she was appointed an Academic Fellow (2005), Lecturer (2008) and Senior Lecturer (2012). She was awarded a Drapers Fellowship (2014-17), the Queen Mary University Senior Fellowship (2018) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2018). Tina's work in developing educational innovations has been recognised by the prestigious Times Higher Education (2014), Reimagine Education (2016), Royal Academy of Engineering (2018, 2022), Story Futures Academy (2021). She leads the SEMS EDI strategy particularly focusing on STEAMM diversity and led the School's Athena Swan application awarded in 2024.

In her research role, Tina leads research in regenerative medicine which aims to identify therapeutics that slow down inflammation and repair tissues in a variety of models. For example, thousands of people in the UK undertake knee replacement surgery and are participating in her research, which has been successful in identifying new molecules and mechanisms that cause inflammation and disease. She serves on the editorial board and referee panel for several journals and her doctoral research students have won many research prizes at ISPD or Prenatal Diagnosis.

Tina is an external examiner (Imperial 2019-2023; Manchester 2023-2028) and organises many modules at SEMS. She leads in the development of inter-disciplinary programmes across the faculty and is the Programme Director for the Intercalated BSc in Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Materials. She has won many prizes and project grants in developing innovations in higher education innovations eg. virtual lab (www.youtube.com/watch?v=baA46qSvGrY).

Tina leads a number of initiatives in community public engagement events. Examples include the "bioengineering experience" and "Staying Strong-Joints in Space" programme with the UK Space Agency and the Ideas Foundation.

For more details about Tina's work, visit www.tinachowdhury.com