Experience

UCL

• Deputy Director, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Prof Clapp supports the Director, Prof Hingorani to develop, review and implement financial and academic strategy at the Institute in alignment with the strategies of the Faculty for Population Health Sciences and School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS). The Institute currently has 200 members, (staff, clinical fellows and PhD students) across 4 research departments.



UCL

• Head of Pre-clinical and Fundamental Science, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

  • Aug 2017 - Present

• Elected Professorial Member of UCL Council

  • Oct 2015 - Present

• Teaching

  • Sep 2012 - Present

• Professor of Vascular Physiology

  • Oct 2005 - Present

• Post Graduate Tutor

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2015

• Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellow in Basic Science

  • Oct 1996 - Sep 2006



UMDS St Thomas' Hospital

• Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow & Honorary Lecturer

  • Oct 1992 - Sep 1996

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Apr 1988 - Sep 1992



UMass Medical School

• Instructor in Physiology

  • 1986 - 1988 2 years , Department of Physiology, UMass Medical Sch, Worcester, MA USA , Instructor in Cell Physiology - Course for Medical studentsResponsibilities included: • supervising practicals in cell physiology; • leading conferences dealing with membrane biophysics, the motor system and central nervous system physiology

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • 1985 - 1988 3 years , UMass Medical School, Worcester MA , Postdoctoral Fellow In the laboratory of Dr J J Singer & Dr J V Walsh. Project: Neurotransmitter modulation of ion channels in isolated gastric smooth muscle cells. Microelectrode and patch-clamp techniques were used to study the regulation of Ca currents and M-current by acetylcholine and the second messenger diacylglycerol, with publications in PNAS, FASEB & American J Physiology.