Julian Hopkin

Julian Meurglyn Hopkin (born 1948) In 2004, he became the founding head of the new Medical School at Swansea University. He is now Professor of Experimental Medicine at Swansea University Medical School and Honorary Physician at the Abertawe-Bro-Morgannwg (ABM) University Hospital. He was appointed a CBE in 2011 for his services to medicine.

Education and early life Born in Ystradgynlais, Wales, Hopkin attended Maesydderwen School before proceeding to the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine (BM) degree in 1972. Hopkin proceeded with his postgraduate clinical training in Cardiff, Oxford and Edinburgh, Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW, 2011) Appointed Commander of the British Empire, (CBE) – for services to Medicine (2011)