Professor Anthony Hollander BSc, PhD

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact

Anthony Hollander Anthony Hollander is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of Stem Cell Biology. He provides strategic leadership for the development of research policy and for ensuring the impact of the University’s research programmes in Liverpool and around the world. He is also responsible for commercialisation of research, for developing partnerships with companies and other external stakeholders and for the training of postgraduate research students.

Anthony’s research career has focussed mainly on the development of stem cell therapies for treating diseases of cartilage. His former University of Bristol spin-out company, Azellon Ltd, developed a stem cell treatment for torn knee cartilage and his new University of Liverpool spin-out company, TrophiCell Ltd, is developing trophic stem cell therapies for a range of chronic diseases. He is former President of the International Cartilage Repair Society and current Chair of the Russell Group’s Pro-Vice-Chancellors Research Network.