Derek Jewell

Nuffield Dept of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Derek Jewell

Academic positions:
- Professor of Gastroenterology
- Consultant Physician, Gastroenterology Unit

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Prof. Jewell is interested in the genetics of inflammatory bowel diseases with the use of a large clinical and DNA database for use in genetic studies. To support this, he established the International Organisation for IBD Genetics, which has been an excellent forum for collaboration. With regard to clinical research, he has been actively involved in many clinical trials including the early trials of olsalazine, budesonide and the new biologicals. Our other main area of research has been in coeliac disease where his group have contributed to mucosal immunology and more recently to the epitopes within gliadin and similar prolamines to which T cells respond.

Any other information:
Prof. Jewell is a recent past president of the British Society of Gastroenterology and a past chairman of the International Organisation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

He is currently a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Physicians and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Inflammatory Bowel Disease (since 16 November 2005)

Derek Jewell is a Section Head for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part of the GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.