Dr Vijay Sharma BScHons MBChB PhD FRCPath FRSB MAcadMEd

Personal Statement

Dr. Sharma graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. He completed a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship also at UBC. He then worked as an Editor at the British Medical Journal Group, running an editorial team, before completing clinical training in Histopathology in Aberdeen.

He is currently the Clinical Director of Cellular Pathology, a Consultant Histopathologist with specialist interests in Breast Pathology, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer with affiliations to both the School of Medicine and the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. His research interests are in the role of energy metabolism in disease, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes, and also in the implementation and development of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology.

He has extensive teaching experience across a range of scientific and healthcare disciplines at both undergraduate and post-graduate level, including teaching medical students, pharmacy students, science students, biomedical scientists, junior doctors and Histopathology trainees. He has also supervised undergraduate, Masters and PhD students for their research.

Dr. Sharma is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He has won several awards for both research and teaching. He previously served on the Scottish Royal College of Pathologists Council and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland, the CM-Path initiative and NCRI Breast Cancer and Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis Groups.