David Ron


David Ron MD FRS FMedSci is a Professor of Cellular Pathophysiology and Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and the Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge where he is also a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow.

Education and career

Ron was educated at the Technion in Israel where he received his medical training. He went for medical internship and residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, in New York City and in 1989 completed subspecialty training in Endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Research

Ron's research investigates malfolded proteins, cellular degeneration and human disease.

Awards and honours

Ron was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads:
Ron was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2013. His nomination reads