A-Z of DPAG Women
Women have worked and studied at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (established in 2006), and its predecessors, the Laboratory of Physiology (established in 1883) and Department of Human Anatomy (established in 1893), hereafter referred to collectively as DPAG, for more than a century. Our former staff and student alumni were nominated by current staff, students and emeritus members of DPAG and are inspirational role-models for current and future staff and students alike. We are also proud of our current staff and are delighted to feature selected current women profiled in the centenary year.
We have verified our information either directly with the women themselves or through formal online sources such as obituaries in order to ensure accuracy as best possible. Unfortunately, as women were often not celebrated during their lifetime, their timelines are, in some instances, an approximation.
Meet all 61 selected women to mark the centenary of women making history at Oxford. More profiles may follow if future nominations are received.
Sulayma Albarwani
DPhil Student, 1991-94
Frances Ashcroft
Current Research Professor
Maya Bahoshy
BA Physiological Sciences, 2006-09
Vicky Ball
Current Lab Manager & Research Assistant
Jean Banister
Departmental Demonstrator, 1949-84
Alice Josephine Barnes
UG Physiology, 1930
Daphne Bascom
DPhil Student, Marshall Scholar, 1988-91
Shanika Basnayake
DPhil Student, 2008-11
Susanna Blackshaw
University Lecturer in Anatomical Science and Reader in Neurobiology 1998-2009
Hilary Brown
DPhil Student, Graduate Researcher, Departmental Demonstrator, University Research Lecturer, 1958-96
Susann Bruche
Current Postdoctoral Research Associate
Florence Buchanan
Research Scientist at the Laboratory of Physiology, 1894-1904
Eboni Bucknor
Current DPhil Student
Edith Bülbring
Emeritus Professor, Laboratory of Physiology, 1971-90
Vicky Bullett
Current PA to the Head of Administration and Finance
Alice Carleton
University Lecturer in Anatomy, 1921-57
Helen Christian
Current Deputy Head of Department and Director of Graduate Studies
Kieran Clarke
Current Professor of Physiological Biochemistry
Sybil Cooper
Research Student, Demonstrator in Anatomy, Research Fellow, circa 1927-68
Patricia Cordery
Neuro Histology Technician, 1981 - 2012
Stephanie Cragg
Current Professor of Neuroscience
Kay Davies
Current Professor of Genetics
Heidi de Wet
Current Associate Professor of Physiology
Ana Domingos
Current Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Marianne Fillenz
DPhil Student, University Lecturer in Physiology, Senior Research Fellow, 1950-92
Mabel FitzGerald
Informal Physiology classes, Research Scientist, Laboratory Technician, Pike’s Peak Pioneer, 1896-1911
Maike Glitsch
Current Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
Susan Greenfield
Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Physiology, 1977-85
Fiona Gribble
DPhil Student 1994-97, Postdoctoral Fellow 1997-99
Wanda Groenewald
Current Senior Research and Finance Manager
Christine Holt
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1983
Farrah Jarral
BA, Physiology, 2000-03
Jasmina Kapetanovic
MA in Physiological Sciences, 1996-99
Junko Kimura
DPhil Student, 1978-82
Kristine Krug
BA Physiological Sciences, DPhil Student, Postdoctoral Researcher, Prize Fellow, Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, 1991-2019
Samira Lakhal-Littleton
Current Associate Professor in Cell Physiology
Dan Li
Current University Research Lecturer & Departmental Lecturer
Guillermina Lopez Bendito
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-04
Pamela MacKinnon
University Lecturer in Anatomy, 1964-92
Louise Marshall
BA, Physiological Sciences, 2007-10
Rosie Mason
BA, Physiological Sciences, 2008-11
Nicole Mather
MA Physiological Sciences, MSc in Neuroscience, DPhil in Neuroscience, 1993-2001
Margaret Matthews
Departmental Demonstrator, Nuffield-funded researcher, University Lecturer, Professor of Human Anatomy, 1957-99
Mathilda Mommersteeg
Current Associate Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine
Stefania Monterisi
Current Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Chair of the Postdoctoral Society
Gillian Morriss-Kay
University Lecturer (1976-96), Professor of Developmental Anatomy (1996)
Emeritus Professor of Developmental Anatomy
Ruth Murrell-Lagnado
Postdoctoral Research Scientist 1988-90
Susan Noble
Physiology degree, DPhil Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, University Research Lecturer, 1959-99
Mary Phillips
DPhil Student, Departmental Demonstrator, Research Fellow, Temporary Lectureship, 1968-89
Lynne Scott
Lab Technician, Lab Manager, Practical Teaching and Technician Manager, 1985-2019
Helen Skaer
University Lecturer, 1993-97
Jennifer Spencer
Current Service Desk Analyst
Lauren Stewart
BA, Physiological Sciences, 1994-97
Kate Storey
Postdoctoral Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, University Lecturer, 1990-2000
Ann Taylor
First in Physiology, College Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow in Physiology, University Lecturer in Physiology, 1949-95
Irene Tracey
University Lecturer, Professor of Pain Research, 2001-07
Janet Vaughan
UG Physiology, 1922
Nikita Ved
Current Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sally Vine
Current Head of Administration and Finance
Vivienne Wilkins
Research Technician and Practicals Teaching Technician, 1969 – 2016
Manuela Zaccolo
Current Deputy Head of Department & Professor of Cell Biology