Mary Phillips

Mary Phillips, D.Phil., B.Sc., received her undergraduate training in physiology at University College in London and did her doctoral work and began her subsequent academic career in the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford. Dr. Phillips’ research was on endothelial and epithelial membrane transport, and she moved to scientific administration at the Wellcome Trust in 1989. She initially managed the Physiology and Pharmacology portfolio, but more recently became responsible for the International Biomedical programme which funds basic biomedical science in resource-constrained countries. Also recently, she assumed responsibility for the management of the Animal Health in the Developing World Initiative.