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Ravinder N. Maini

Ravinder N. Maini

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Sir Ravinder Nath Maini FRCP FRCPE FMedSci (born 17 November 1937) is an Indian-born British rheumatologist and academic who is an emeritus professor at Imperial College London.[1] He led the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.[2]

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Biography

Maini was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India, to Sir Amar Maini, a Kenyan-born lawyer and Ugandan politician, and his wife, Sam Saheli Mehra. His younger brother is academic Yoginder Nath Tidu Maini. Ravinder completed his bachelor's degree at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] In the 1980s, Maini, Marc Feldmann and Fionula Brennan identified TNF alpha as a key cytokine in the process of rheumatoid arthritis.

Honours and awards

He is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.[10]

References

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    Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2562. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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    "Our History — The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology". www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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    "The Crafoord Prize 2000".
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    "Imperial College London - British Scientists receive Lasker Prize for discovering new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis". www.imperial.ac.uk.
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    "Sir Ravinder Maini - F1000Prime". f1000.com.
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    "Ravinder Maini-Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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    "Dr. Paul Janssen Award". Dr. Paul Janssen Award.
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    Professors Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini Named Winners of the 2008 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Schering Stiftung".
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    "Honorary members - British Society for Immunology". www.immunology.org.


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