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John McVey, BSc, PhD, FRCPath Molecular Medicine Group Head Professor of Cardiovascular Biology j.mcvey&surrey.ac.uk | jmcvey@themcveylab.com LinkedIn John McVey has more than 20 years experience in blood coagulation factors. He took a degree in Biochemistry at Glasgow University in 1979, before completing his PhD studies at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research. He held postdoctoral positions at Middlesex Hospital Medical School and at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research (Mill Hill) before joining the MRC Haemostasis and Thrombosis Group at its conception in 1987 to pursue molecular genetic approaches to furthering our understanding of haemostasis. John has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers and many book chapters in the area of blood coagulation and haemostasis. He has established an international reputation within the field of haemostasis and is regularly invited to review manuscripts for leading journals and grants for both national and international bodies. He is a communicating editor for Human Mutation and Thrombosis and Haemostasis as well as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He acts as a consultant in haemostasis and thrombosis and more recently in bio-manufacturing through his company Coagulare Biomedica Ltd. Visiting Professor, Kings College London, 2011 – 2013 Weston Professor of Molecular Medicine, Thrombosis Research Institute, London, 2008 – 2011 Group Leader, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Group, 2006 – 2008 Honorary Reader, Imperial College London, 2006 – 2008 Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, 1995 – 2006 Honorary Lecturer, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, 1994 – 1995 Senior Scientist, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Group, 1992 – 2006 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Group, 1987 – 1992 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research, London, 1984 – 1987 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, London, 1982 – 1984 Postgraduate Research Student, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, 1979 – 1982