Professor Stephen Hillier, Vice Principal International, The
University of Edinburgh
Professor Hillier is responsible for implementing The University
of Edinburgh's Internationalisation Strategy. He joined
the University in 1985 and was appointed Professor of Reproductive
Endocrinology in 1993. He is also an Honorary Consultant Clinical
Scientist with Lothian University Hospitals Trust.
He has previously worked in London, Leiden, and Maryland, USA
where he was a Fogarty International Postdoctoral Fellow at the
National Institutes of Health.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Fellow of
the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (ad eundem)
and holds degrees from Leeds, Wales and Edinburgh (DSc 1992).’
His extensive external service includes former membership of the
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the
Overseas Research Scholarships Committee (Universities UK). He is
presently a member of the Medical Research Council Training and
Careers Group.
His academic and clinical work have given him extensive overseas
experience: he has particularly strong connections with the USA,
China and India.
