Leszek Borysiewicz

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Borysiewicz in 2008
345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
In office
1 October 2010 – 1 October 2017
Chancellor
Preceded byDame Alison Richard
Succeeded byStephen Toope
Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council
In office
1 October 2007 – 30 September 2010
Minister
Preceded byColin Blakemore
Succeeded bySir John Savill
Personal details
Born
Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz

(1951-04-13) 13 April 1951 (age 73)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Residence(s)Cambridge, England
Alma materCardiff University School of Medicine (MB BCh)
Imperial College London (PhD)
OccupationImmunologist and academic
AwardsKnight Bachelor
Scientific career
ThesisCell mediated immunity to human cytomegalovirus infection (cytotoxic T cell and natural killer cell mediated lysis of human cytomegalovirus infected cells) (1986)
Doctoral advisorJ.G.P. Sissons[1]
Keith Peters[1]

Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz (born 13 April 1951) is a British professor, immunologist and scientific administrator.[2] He served as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, his term of office (a maximum of seven years)[3] started on 1 October 2010 and ended on 1 October 2017.[4] Borysiewicz also served as chief executive of the Medical Research Council of the UK from 2007-2010 and was the chairman of Cancer Research UK from 2016 to 2023.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference lphd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ delacourcommunications.com; DelaCour; Article: Swiss lessons for UK universities’ referendum campaign; author: Nic Mitchell; accessed 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ Appointment of Vice-Chancellor prospectus, 2009
  4. ^ "Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz confirmed as next Vice-Chancellor". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ Nigel Hawkes, Mobile phones don’t cause cancer – in the short-term. Long-term, who knows?, The Times, 13 September 2007
  6. ^ Roger Highfield, Medical Research Council's new head announced[dead link], The Daily Telegraph, 12 September 2007.
  7. ^ Brumfiel, G. (2009). "Medical Research Council chief to step down". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2009.1109.
  8. ^ "Cancer Research UK announces appointment of new Chair". Cancer Research UK. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.