Michael Dexter

(Thomas) Michael Dexter FRS (born 15 May 1945)^[1] is a British haematologist and director of the Wellcome Trust, from 1998 to 2003.^[2][3][4]

Michael Dexter
Mike Dexter. Acrylic painting by Alex Dexter, 2003.
Born	Thomas Michael Dexter (1945-05-15) 15 May 1945 (age 80)
Alma mater	University of Salford (BSc) University of Manchester (PhD)[1]
Known for	Director of Wellcome Trust Cancer research
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society (1991)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Haematology
Institutions	Wellcome Trust University of Manchester Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Thesis	Leukaemogenesis by the alkylating agent methylnitrosourea (1974)

Education

Dexter was inspired to take A levels at night school^[5] and went on study physiology and zoology at the University of Salford. After graduating, he continued in academia and received a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1974 for research into Leukemia.^[6] Dexter also received a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Salford in 1982.^[1]

Career

Dexter was visiting fellow at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center and a professor of haematology at the University of Manchester from 1985 to 1998.^[7]

He was director of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research^[8] and the Wellcome Trust.^[9] He has authored over 360 articles in scientific journals including Nature^[10][11][12] and is an editor of four books.^[1][13]

Awards and honours

Dexter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1991.^[1]