Ruth Cameron (scientist) explained

Ruth Cameron
Workplaces:University of Cambridge
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
Known For:Biomaterials
Awards:Suffrage Science award (2021)

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]

Early life and education

Cameron completed her PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge.[2]

Research and career

Cameron'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. 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.[9] The co-management makes Cameron and Best the first Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council fellowship to job share.[10] 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-08-03 . New Head of Department announced . 2024-03-12 . Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy . en.
  2. Web site: Professor Ruth Cameron - Lucy Cavendish. Lucy Cavendish College - University of Cambridge. 2018-06-15.
  3. Web site: Ruth Cameron. Sallows. Lianne. 2016-07-26. www.msm.cam.ac.uk. en. 2018-06-15.
  4. News: Prof Ruth E Cameron - Cambridge Musculoskeletal Sciences. Cambridge Musculoskeletal Sciences. 2018-06-15. en-GB.
  5. Web site: Professor Ruth Cameron. crukcambridgecentre.org.uk. en. 2018-06-15.
  6. Book: D., Madsen, Lynnette. Successful women ceramic and glass scientists and engineers : 100 inspirational profiles. 9781118733592. Hoboken, New Jersey. 11. 929332211.
  7. News: Body builders: collagen scaffolds. 2014-06-04. University of Cambridge. 2018-06-15. en.
  8. Web site: Ruth Cameron - EPSRC website. epsrc.ukri.org. en. 2018-06-15.
  9. Web site: Q&A – Serena Best IOM3. www.iom3.org. en. 2018-06-15.
  10. News: Women are too often actively sidelined against their will. 2016-07-20. Times Higher Education (THE). 2018-06-15. en.
  11. Web site: College fellows - Lucy Cavendish. Lucy Cavendish College - University of Cambridge. 2018-06-15.
  12. Web site: Congratulations to Prof Ruth Cameron. Sallows. Lianne. 2017-06-20. www.msm.cam.ac.uk. en. 2018-06-15.
  13. Web site: IOM3 Awards 2018 IOM3. www.iom3.org. en. 2018-06-15.
  14. Web site: Institute of Physics Awards 2019. Institute of Physics. en. 2019-07-02.
  15. Web site: 2021-03-08. Professor Ruth Cameron receives Suffrage Science award on the scheme's tenth anniversary. 2021-05-13. University of Cambridge. en.
  16. Web site: Professor Ruth Cameron FREng . 2024-03-12 . Royal Academy of Engineering . en.

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