Jeremy Tavaré is Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the role of protein kinases in glucose transport and in cancer. He became Professor of Biochemistry in 1999. He co-founded ProXara Biotechnology Ltd, a cancer drug-discovery company, in 2001, and was Non-Executive Director of Bioganix plc from 2008 to 2009, when it was sold. He has had several roles at the MRC including as Deputy Chair of their Physiological Systems and Clinical Science Board (2003-06), Chair of the Non-Clinical Training and Careers panel (2016-20) and Chair of the Doctoral Training Programme awards panel (2021). He is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees at Science Creates Outreach and a Trustee for the North Somerset Sports Club.