John Arbuthnott (microbiologist)

Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott, PPRSE, FRCPSG, FMedSci, FRCPath (born 8 April 1939) is a Scottish microbiologist, and was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011[1] and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.[2]

Sir John Arbuthnott

PRSE FRCPSG FMedSci FRCPath
Born
John Peebles Arbuthnott

(1939-04-08) 8 April 1939
NationalityScottish
Alma materHyndland Senior Secondary School
Glasgow University
Trinity College, Dublin
OccupationMicrobiologist

Education

Arbuthnott was educated at Hyndland Senior Secondary School, Glasgow University (BSc, PhD), and Trinity College, Dublin (MA, ScD).[3] In 1998 he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to education.[3]

Whilst Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Strathclyde University, Arbuthnott chaired the National Review of Resource Allocation ("The Arbuthnott Report"[4] and "the Arbuthnott Review"[5]) in December 1997, the principal task of which was to conduct an independent review of the way in which NHS money is allocated annually to the 14 Scottish NHS Boards. The resulting mechanism, known as the Arbuthnott Formula, assesses key indicators of population, inequality and deprivation of the areas covered by each of the boards to allocate money.

He was chair of the Arbuthnott Commission set up in 2004 to consider the consequences of having four separate voting systems for elections in Scotland and also different boundaries for Holyrood and Westminster constituencies.[3]

Professional posts

  • Glasgow University:
    • Assistant lecturer, 1960–1963
    • Lecturer, 1963–1967
  • New York Medical Center: Visiting lecturer, 1966–1967
  • Royal Society of London: Research fellow, 1968–72
  • Glasgow University: Senior lecturer, Department of Bacteriology, 1972–1975
  • Trinity College, Dublin:
    • Professor of microbiology 1976-1988
    • Bursar, 1983–86
  • University of Nottingham: Professor of microbiology 1988-1991
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow: Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1991–2000

Professional committee work

Professional honours

Publications

  • Isoelectric Focusing. 1975.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The Determinants of Bacterial and Viral Pathogenicity. 1983.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Foodborne Illness: a Lancet Review. 1991.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Breaking The Mould. 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

  1. "Sir John Arbuthnott elected as the next RSE President". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell's First Public Event as RSE President to Take Place at Irvine Royal Academy - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. "Arbuthnott, Sir John (Peebles)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  4. "Scottish Parliament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2011.
  5. "Scotland Government Health Care".
  6. "Arbuthnott Publishes Report on National Care Service". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  7. "Doktorzy Honoris Causa PŁ W Latach 1991-1995". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. "St Mungo Prize honours Glaswegian academic". BBC News. 10 November 2010.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Graham John Hills
Principal and Vice-chancellor
University of Strathclyde

1991-2000
Succeeded by
Andrew Hamnett
Medical appointments
Preceded by
Professor David L Hamblen CBE
Chairman
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board

2002-2007
Succeeded by
Andrew Robertson OBE
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