Duncan Banks

Dr Duncan Banks was born and brought up in Malaysia where he spent most of his early childhood. During his teenage years his parents taught him that anything was possible if you only worked hard enough. He took full advantage of everything that the local charities and sponsors could fund, winning a flying scholarship, learning to glide and sail and obtaining qualifications in these areas. By the age of 14 he was a lifesaving instructor and county swimmer. He studied Physiology at Leeds followed by a PhD in Neuroscience at Sheffield University. He has worked as a post-doc at Birmingham and Bristol and has worked as an academic at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Medical School, King’s College London and National University Singapore and for the last 18 years at the Open University where he has been involved in many of the health-related courses. His has researched on pain, Alzheimer’s disease and currently in wearable and implantable technologies.

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