Douglas Higgs

Douglas Higgs

Douglas Higgs is a principal researcher at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, at the University of Oxford.[1] He is currently working in understanding the mechanisms by which any mammalian gene is switched on and off during differentiation and development.

Higgs is a Senior Kurti Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. He qualified in Medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School in 1974, and trained as a haematologist. He joined the Molecular Haematology Unit of the Medical Research Council at Oxford in 1977 and is currently Ad Hominem Professor of Molecular Haematology, and Director of the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit.[2]