Rajesh Thakker is the May Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. His main research interests include the molecular basis of disorders of calcium homeostasis and he has authored over 450 publications, which have included peer-reviewed papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Nature Genetics, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Lancet Journals. He is a Consultant Endocrinologist who provides expertise in the fields of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), and disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism.