Stephen T. Holgate, MD is the MRC Professor of Immunopharmacology at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Physician at Southampton University Hospitals Trust. He is one of the most active medical research scientists in the world at the intersection between sciences and clinical application in the fields of allergy and asthma. He is author of more than 800 peer reviewed papers and scientific contributions to journals. He is an editor of Allergy, 4th Edition.

Dr. Holgate has also received numerous awards, medals and honorary positions from universities and academic institutions around the world. He has served as co-chair of the National Allergy Strategy group, past-president of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, past-president of the British Thoracic Society, and chair of the UK Respiratory Research Collaborative.  He has served on the editorial board of more than 25 scientific journals. Dr. Holgate was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.