Distinguished Old Framlinghamians

After university he started working for English Heritage, remaining there for 21 years before leaving in 2010 to take up the post of Director of Studies in Cultural Heritage Management at the University of York. In October 2012 he took over as Head of Department and in July 2015 was appointed Professor with effect from October 2015.

He went to King’s College, London and then trained to be a doctor at Westminster Medical School. Royal Brompton Hospital appointed him consultant radiologist in 1989, where he developed one of the first ‘filmless’ radiology departments in the UK in the mid-1990s. He was appointed Professor of Thoracic Imaging, Imperial College, London in 1998. His primary specialty is radiology of the lungs. He has been President of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging. He is the senior author of a highly acclaimed textbook “Imaging of Diseases of the Chest” (2005), the Editor of Clinical Radiology from 2002-2006 and the author or co-author of more than 200 papers listed on the PubMed database.

After attending the College as an English Speaking Exchange Student, he received his medical training in Oxford University, followed by a PhD from the University of Toronto and a Doctorate in Medicine from Oxford University. He is presently Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He is a recognized national and international expert in the area of dietary carbohydrates. He has written and co-written a number of books on the subject.

He has had a distinguished academic career around the world. In 2013 he was appointed Professor and Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching Unit at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. He also holds concurrent appointments as Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU and Adjunct Professor of Innovation in Higher Education, School of Education, UNSW. His research interests focus on technological practice and change; teacher professional development; innovative use of new technology; blended learning and MOOCs; and the impact of technology on physical learning environments.

He has published over 100 research and teaching papers and book chapters in the field of paediatrics. In 1994 he was made Professor of Paediatric Medicine. He is an honorary life member of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine and the Neonatal Society. He retired in 2005, remaining an Emeritus Professor. He died on 8 June 2019 and you can read a great tribute to him by Professor Sir Terence Stephenson.

From 1989 till 2015 he has been Emeritus Professor of Occupational Health at the University of London and Chairman of the Joint European Medical Research Board. In 1990 he obtained a Doctor of Science in Medicine at the University of London, followed by a Batchelor of Science from the Open University in 1996. He was author or co-author of some 120 research papers, primarily on occupational health and on pregnancy outcome in Nigeria. He died in 2017 in South Africa.

He founded the biochemistry department at the University of Queensland, where he was elected Emeritus Professor in 1972. He died in 1975 and the biochemistry building at the University was re-named the John Hines Building in July 1978 to honour his work at the University.