Ruth Cameron FInstP FIOM3 FREng is a British materials scientist and professor at the University of Cambridge. She is co-director of the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, where she studies materials that interact therapeutically with the body. Since October 2020 she has been joint head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at Cambridge.[1]
Ruth Cameron | |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Biomaterials |
| Awards | Suffrage Science award (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Early life and education
editCameron completed her PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge.[2]
Research and career
editCameron's research considers materials which interact therapeutically with the body.[3] She is interested in musculoskeletal repair.[4][5] Her research considers bioactive biodegradable composites, biodegradable polymers, tissue engineered scaffold and surface patterning.[2] Cameron works with Serena Best on collagen scaffolds for the spin-out company Orthomimetics.[6][7]
In 1993 she joined the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.[8] Since 2006 she has co-led the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials with Serena Best.[8][9] The co-management makes Cameron and Best the first Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council fellowship to job share.[10][9] She was a founder member of the Pfizer Institute for Pharmaceutical Materials Science. She is a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.[11]
Honours and awards
edit- 2017 - United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials President's Prize[12]
- 2017 - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Griffith Medal & Prize[13]
- 2019 - Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize, for "innovative application of physics to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical delivery"[14]
- 2021 - Engineering and Physical Sciences Suffrage Science award[15]
- 2023 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[16]
References
edit- ^ "New Head of Department announced". Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Professor Ruth Cameron - Lucy Cavendish". Lucy Cavendish College - University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Sallows, Lianne (26 July 2016). "Ruth Cameron". www.msm.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Prof Ruth E Cameron - Cambridge Musculoskeletal Sciences". Cambridge Musculoskeletal Sciences. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Professor Ruth Cameron". crukcambridgecentre.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ D., Madsen, Lynnette. Successful women ceramic and glass scientists and engineers : 100 inspirational profiles. Hoboken, New Jersey. p. 11. ISBN 9781118733592. OCLC 929332211.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Body builders: collagen scaffolds". University of Cambridge. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Ruth Cameron - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Q&A – Serena Best | IOM3". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Women are too often actively sidelined against their will". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "College fellows - Lucy Cavendish". Lucy Cavendish College - University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Sallows, Lianne (20 June 2017). "Congratulations to Prof Ruth Cameron". www.msm.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "IOM3 Awards 2018 | IOM3". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Institute of Physics Awards 2019". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Professor Ruth Cameron receives Suffrage Science award on the scheme's tenth anniversary". University of Cambridge. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Professor Ruth Cameron FREng". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 12 March 2024.