Juliet Compston

Juliet Compston is Professor of Bone Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, a position she took up in 2003. Her research is focused on the pathophysiology of osteoporosis and the cellular and structural mechanisms by which pharmacological interventions preserve bone mass and reduce fracture risk. She has conducted studies into the pathophysiology of bone disease in a number of disorders, including postmenopausal osteoporosis, post-transplantation osteoporosis and cystic fibrosis.
Professor Compston is a past President of the Bone and Tooth Society of Great Britain, as well as a past Chairman and President of the International Society of Bone Morphometry. She is currently a member of the Board of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its Committee of Scientific Advisors, and a Trustee of the Medical Board of the National Osteoporosis Society. She is Chair of the European Union Osteoporosis Consultation Panel and of the UK National Osteoporosis Guidelines Group.
Professor Compston is Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and a member of the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals including Bone, Osteoporosis International, Calcified Tissue International and the Journal of Clinical Densitometry.
She has published over 300 original research papers and reviews.In 2006, Professor Compston was awarded the National Osteoporosis Society Kohn Foundation Award, and in 2009, the International Bone and Mineral Society John G Haddad Jr Award and the ASBMR Frederic C Bartter Award.