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Simon Arnett Jones is Professor of Inflammation Biology at Cardiff University's School of Medicine, UK, holding leadership roles including Co-Director and Lead for Multimorbidity at The Systems Immunity Research Institute (since 2021), former Dean of Research for the School of Medicine (2017-2021), and College Theme Lead for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation (2015-2020). His 25+ year career at Cardiff progressed from Lecturer (1999) to Professor (2008-present).
His research spans critical immunological domains:
- Inflammation mechanisms and rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis
- Jak-STAT signalling pathways and STAT transcription factor regulation
- Chemokine biology in leukocyte trafficking
- Anti-microbial host defence systems
- Cytokine receptor biology with focus on interleukin-6 family therapeutics
- Biological drug development targeting cytokine systems
His award-winning work includes the 2004 Bolzmann Award for cytokine biology contributions. Recognition includes Fellowships of The Royal Society of Biology (2015) and The Learned Society of Wales (2019). Early career featured prestigious research fellowships at University of Alabama at Birmingham (1996-1998) and University of Bern, Switzerland (1994-1996).
