Ruth Cameron FInstP FIOM3 is a British materials scientist and professor at the University of Cambridge. She is co-director of the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials. She studies materials that interact therapeutically with the body.

Early life and education

Cameron completed her PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge.

Research and career

Cameron's research considers materials which interact therapeutically with the body. She is interested in musculoskeletal repair. Her research considers bioactive biodegradable composites, biodegradable polymers, tissue engineered scaffold and surface patterning. Cameron works with

Serena Best Serena Michelle Best , is a British academic, and the Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. Best has a BSc from the University of Surrey, and a PhD from the University of London. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy ...

on collagen scaffolds for the spin-out company ''Orthomimetics''. In 1993 she joined the

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (DMSM) is a large research and teaching division of the University of Cambridge. Since 2013 it has been located in West Cambridge, having previously occupied several buildings on the New Museums ...

. Since 2006 she has co-led the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials with

. The co-management makes Cameron and Best the first

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to universi ...

fellowship to job share. She was a founder member of the Pfizer Institute for Pharmaceutical Materials Science. She is a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.

Honours and awards

* 2017 - United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials President's Prize * 2017 -

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and applicatio ...

Griffith Medal & Prize * 2019 - Institute of Physics

Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize The Institute of Physics awards numerous prizes to acknowledge contributions to physics research, education and applications. It also offers smaller specific subject-group prizes, such as for PhD thesis submissions. Bilateral awards * The Max B ...

, for "innovative application of physics to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical delivery" *2021 - Engineering and Physical Sciences Suffrage Science award

References

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