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ProfessorPhillip Bennett

Clinical Professor

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction - Faculty of Medicine

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  • Clinical Professor
    Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction - Faculty of Medicine
  • 020 7594 2176 (Work)
  • Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

Phillip Bennett is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Department of Metabolism Digestion and Reproduction. Between 2014 and 2024 he was Director of the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology. He also directs (together with David MacIntyre and Lynne Sykes) the March of Dimes European Preterm Birth Research Centre at Imperial and (together with Tom Bourne) the Tommy's National Miscarriage Research Centre at Imperial. Phillip Bennett is joint lead (with Neena Modi) of the Imperial NIHR BRC Pregnancy and Prematurity Theme.

Phillip Bennett's principal research interests are the microbiology, biochemistry and endocrinology of pregnancy, human term and preterm labour, and the stratification, prediction and prevention of miscarriage and preterm birth.

Qualifications and Fellowships

BSc (First Class Honours, St Georges Hospital Medical School, University of London) 1979
MBBS (St Georges Hospital Medical School, University of London) 1982
MD (Prostaglandin Biochemistry and Human Parturition, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London) 1988
MRCOG 1988
PhD 1993 (Molecular Biology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London)
FRCOG 2000
FMCOG (Honorary Fellow Maltese College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) 2006
FMedSci (Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences) 2017
Honorary Fellow American Gynecologic and Obstetrical Society 2018
FRSB (Fellow Royal Society of Biology) 2020

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Acting Head of Department
    Imperial College London, Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2024 - present
  • Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 May 1995 - present
  • Director
    Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom1 May 2014 - 30 Sep 2024

DEGREES

  • BSc
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 1979 - present
  • MB BS
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 1982 - present
  • MD
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1 May 1988 - present
  • PhD
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1 Jun 1992 - present
  • MRCOG
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, United Kingdom1 May 1988 - present
  • FRCOG
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 2000 - present
  • FMedSci
    Academy of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 2017 - present
  • FRSB
    Royal Society of Biology, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2020 - present

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Medicine

POSITION NAME

  • Clinical Professor

FIELDS OF RESEARCH