Professor Tom Barber
University of Warwick and UHCW
Association(s): Obesity Expert
Dr. Barber is an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at University of Warwick and UHCW. Dr. Barber has a research background in the genetic and metabolic features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome that led to the award of DPhil from the University of Oxford, and the prestigious ‘Society for Endocrinology Clinical Prize Lecture’ and ‘University of Oxford Medical Sciences Divisional Research Prize’ in 2009. He has published 145 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine (h-index 38; i10-index 81; >6,000 citations) and has secured >£875K in external competitive grant funding. Dr. Barber is Editor-in-Chief for ‘Expert Review in Endocrinology and Metabolism’ and leads the INSPIRE program at Warwick Medical School. He presents regularly as an invited speaker at scientific meetings both nationally and internationally as an expert in the fields of obesity and metabolism. He engages regularly with national media on topics relating to human metabolism and Obesity, has appeared on all UK-based terrestrial channels, and has provided interviews for numerous podcasts. As scientific lead for the Human Metabolism Research Unit, his research interests include the impact of human metabolism on the development of Obesity, and novel strategies to prevent and manage Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus within the populace. Clinically, Dr. Barber leads the tier 3 Obesity service at UHCW (since 2010).