Wendy Purcell

Professor Wendy Purcell was appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Plymouth University in December 2007. She was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hertfordshire, and prior to this was Dean of Applied Sciences and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Wendy is Professor of Biomedicine and holds a degree in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Immunopharmacology.

Wendy is the Chair of the National Council of Healthcare Science in Higher Education and a Member of the Medical Education England Healthcare Science Board. She has an international reputation in her field of biomedical research and led a number of research teams in developing cell culture models for preclinical studies. Funded by industry, medical charities, Research Councils UK and the EU, she attracted millions in research grants, published widely and had patents applications filed on her work.