Collaborators

International Collaborations:

D. Sudhaker Rao 

danrao47@yahoo.com,  SRAO1@hfhs.org    

Board Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine: Endocrinology & Metabolism

Medical School Education:
Gandhi Medical College Osmania University – Graduation Date: 12/01/1969

Post Graduate Education:
Booth Memorial Medical Center (NY) 
Henry Ford Hospital (MI) – Endocrinology

 Dr. D. Sudhaker Rao (born May 11, 1947) is a medical doctor at Henry Ford Hospital of Wayne County, Michigan. He specializes inbone and mineral metabolism and endocrinology, specifically in hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia, and bone histomorphometry

Stuart H Ralston 

 stuart.ralston@ed.ac.uk    

Stuart H Ralston graduated in Medicine from Glasgow University in 1978 and underwent higher medical training in General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.  He previously held the chair of Medicine and Bone Metabolism at the University of Aberdeen and moved to Edinburgh University in 2005 when he now holds the Arthritis Research UK Chair of Rheumatology.

He is currently director of Edinburgh University’s online distance learning MSc in clinical trials and was director of Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit between 2009 and 2016.  He holds an honorary consultant rheumatologist position with NHS Lothian where he is clinical lead for the osteoporosis service and clinical director of the rheumatology service.  Professor Ralston has researched widely on the molecular and genetic basis of osteoporosis and other bone and joint diseases. He has a special interest in the pathogenesis and management of Paget’s disease of bone.  He is joint editor-in-chief of Calcified Tissue International and editor of Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine. He currently chairs the Commission for Human Medicines for the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority of the UK

Qualifications

1978, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Glasgow, MB ChB

1987, Doctor of Medicine, University of Glasgow, MD

2015, Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, FFPM

2005, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE

1999, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, FMedSci

1994, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, FRCP (Edin)

1980, Member of the Royal College of Physicians, MRCP

Wim Van Hul 

wim.vanhul@uantwerpen.be

Master in Biochemistry, University of Antwerp


Ph.D. in molecular biology and genetics, University of Antwerp

Employment 

1993-1996: Postdoc at the Center of Medical Genetics, Antwerp

1997- 2005: Assistent Professor, University of Antwerp

2006- present : Full Professor of molecular biology and genetics, University of Antwerp

 2013-present: chair of the education committee Biomedical Sciences

Thesis (PhD)

Genetic and physical analysis of human chromosome 21Q: implications for Alzheimer’s disease.  Antwerp, 1993.

Research

H-index=53. Total number of citations: > 12800

Author/coauthor more than 210 papers (including nature, science, cell, nature genetics, nature medicine, endocrine reviews,  Journal of clinical investigation, EMBO journal,…)

Promotor of 17 finished  PhD-theses and currently mentor of 5 PhD-students