Bone Biology, Osteoporosis & Other Diseases of Bone

BIOGRAPHY

Stuart Ralston

Academic positions:
- Head of the School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
- ARC Professor of Rheumatology
- Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist with Lothian Health Board
- Lead clinician for Osteoporosis services within NHS Lothian
Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, DR Ralston was at the Dept of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, where he was:-
- Director of the Institute of Medical Sciences
- Professor of Medicine and Bone Metabolism
- Honorary Consultant Physician to Grampian University Hospitals NHS trust

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Several aspects of bone disease including clinical and genetic studies on osteoporosis and Paget's disease of bone; the role of Nitric Oxide in bone and the pathogenesis and management of cancer-associated bone disease

Any other information:
Dr Ralston has served on the Oliver Bird Committee of the Nuffield Foundation, the Heberden Committee of the British Society of Rheumatology, the Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board of the MRC and the Physiological Medicine and Infections Board of the MRC and the Biologicals Subcommittee of the Commitee for Safety of Medicines.

He is a member of the Physiology and Pharmacology panel of the Wellcome Trust, the Research Subcommittee of the Arthritis Research Campaign and Committee for Safety of Medicines. He is advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society and the National Association for Relief of Paget's Disease, president of the European Calcified Tissues Society and past president of the Bone and Tooth Society of the UK.

Dr Ralston is Joint editor-in-chief of the journal Calcified Tissue International, Section editor of the European Journal of Endocrinology, Associate editor of the journal Bone and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Bone and Mineral Research.