Rate My Professor Katherine Staines

Professor Katherine Staines is Professor of Skeletal Biology in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Brighton and Director of the Centre for Lifelong Health. Her research examines the development, regulation and pathology of the musculoskeletal system, with a particular focus on the molecular pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. This work is supported by major funding from the Medical Research Council exceeding £2 million. She serves on the Veterinary Advisory Committee for the Horserace Betting Levy Board, the Scientific Advisory Committee for Orthopaedic Research UK and the Research Grant Assessment Panel for the Royal Osteoporosis Society. She is also a member of the editorial boards of Frontiers in Endocrinology and Bone Research.

Professor Staines completed a BSc in Anatomical Sciences at the University of Bristol in 2008 and a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2012, where her thesis investigated the role of Mepe in chondrocyte matrix mineralisation. She undertook postdoctoral positions at the Royal Veterinary College and the University of Edinburgh before receiving a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship at Edinburgh Napier University in 2017. She joined the University of Brighton as a Senior Lecturer in 2020. In addition to her research leadership, she contributes to teaching on biomedical, biological sciences and pharmacy programmes within the School of Applied Sciences.