Doug Brown
Chief Executive Officer,
Royal Society of Biology
Doug joined RSB as CEO on 3rd June'25. Earlier, Doug was the Chief Executive of the British Society for Immunology (BSI) and leads its mission to support and transform immunology research to the benefit of human and animal health. Using the global reach of the BSI, they are building a best in class membership offer aimed at supporting research and immunologists at all stages of their career as well as leading national and international initiatives to create a thriving immunology research sector and ensure that research is translated into the clinic. Doug comes from an immunology background, having completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in HIV research, followed by a postdoctoral position at NIMR, Mill Hill (now the Francis Crick Institute) on malaria and stem cells. He subsequently worked for the MS Society leading their biomedical research programme, followed by the Alzheimer?s Society where as Chief Policy and Research Officer, he led a number of high profile initiatives across research and policy including the establishment of the £300m UK Dementia Research Institute. He is a Trustee of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).
