John Fisher (biomedical engineer)

John Fisher, CBE, FREng, FMedSci is a British biomedical engineer who was director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering until he stepped down from the role in summer 2016.

[1] He remains professor of mechanical engineering and deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Leeds.

[5] He is leading the research initiative "50 active years after 50", which is investigating tissue-regeneration technology and developing new medical devices and therapies.

[6] Fisher was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to biomedical engineering.

[2][3] Fisher has published over four hundred peer-reviewed papers and won over £100 million of grant funding.