Prof Hal Drakesmith

Hal Drakesmith is Professor of Iron Biology at the MRC Human Immunology Unit in the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Hal was trained at the University of Cambridge, University of Kyoto, and University College London before moving to Oxford. His laboratory works on the interaction of iron homeostasis with immunity, infection, anaemia, and inflammation, with a particular focus on the role of the iron regulatory hormone, hepcidin.