Professor Steve Thornton
Vice Principal (Health)

Professor Steve Thornton joined Queen Mary in 2016. Steve qualified from Southampton University in 1983 and did his clinical training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he started research into the mechanism of human term and preterm labour. His work has particularly focused on preventing and treating preterm labour.

In Newcastle, Steve obtained membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as well as gaining his MD then moved to an MRC Clinical Scientist post in Cambridge, where his work continued on the science and clinical aspects of labour. He obtained his first Professorial position at the University of Warwick in 1998 where he continued to undertake research related to preterm labour. Steve held a number of additional roles during his time at Warwick, including positions with the Strategic Health Authority and leading research and development for the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. He took the role of Dean at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in September 2010 and became the inaugural Dean at the University of Exeter Medical School in 2012. He was appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean at the University of Exeter Medical School in 2015. He continues in leading roles at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Medical Schools Council, where he has recently been elected to the executive team.

Deans of the School of Medicine and Dentistry

• Professor Mike Curtis
  Dean for Dentistry
• Professor Mauro Perretti
  Dean for Research and Research Impact
• Professor Anthony Warrens
  Dean for Education, Director IHSE
• Professor Bruce Kidd
  Deputy Dean for Education

Institute Directors

• Professor Nick Lemoine
  Barts Cancer Institute
• Professor Graham Hitman
  Blizard Institute
• Professor Mike Curtis
  Institute of Dentistry
• Professor Anthony Warrens
  Institute of Health Sciences Education
• Professor Mark Caulfield and Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
  William Harvey Research Institute
• Professor Jack Cuzick
  Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine

Joint Posts (Barts Health NHS Trust)

• Professor Jo Martin
  Director of Academic Health Sciences

Senior Administration

• Dr Rob Bennett
  Chief Operating Officer
• Dr Jutta Roth
  Head of Strategic Development

Departmental staff lists

• VP (Health) Office
• Student Office
• Barts Cancer Institute
• Blizard Institute
• Institute of Health Sciences Education
• Institute of Dentistry
• William Harvey Research Institute
• Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine

Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry is part of Queen Mary University.