Name Ravinder Maini Role Professor | Residence London, United Kingdom Fields Immunology | |
Institutions Imperial College School of Medicine Alma mater Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Known for discovery of anti-TNF therapy as an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis Notable awards Crafoord Prize (2000)
Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (2003)
Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2008)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (2014) Education Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Awards Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | ||
Sir Ravinder Nath Maini FMedSci (1937 - ) is rheumatology professor at the Kennedy Institute, part of Imperial College London. Maini was born in Ludhiana in the Punjab region of India but has lived most of his life in the UK. He did his bachelor's degree at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
In the 1980s Maini and colleague Marc Feldmann identified TNF alpha as a key cytokine in the process of rheumatoid arthritis.
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