Eileen Ingham is a multidisciplinary scientist specialising in biochemistry, microbiology, clinical immunology and pathogenesis.
Four years later she followed up her undergraduate degree with a PhD in 1979 studying Clinical Immunology; whilst doing her postdoctoral training at Leeds General Infirmary.
[1] She founded the Medical and Biological Engineering Institute at the University of Leeds.
[3] In 2011 she was awarded the title of Woman of Outstanding Achievement in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Academia and Research, by the UK Women Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and technology.
[4] For over 20 years she’s worked closely with John Fisher (her husband) to develop the technique of decelluarisation — a technique where DNA and cells are washed out of tissue, so the body does not reject them after a transplant.