Mary Morrell
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Mary Morrell | |
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| Alma mater | St Mary's Hospital, London Imperial College London |
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| Institutions | Royal Brompton Hospital University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Thesis | Interaction of neurophysiological chemical and mechanical factors in respiratory control during wakefulness and sleep in humans (1994) |
Mary Morrell is a British medical scientist who is a professor of Sleep and Respiratory Physiology at Imperial College London, and head of the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Her research considers sleep apnoea and sleep disordered breathing. She was awarded the 2023 Imperial College Medal.
Morrell trained and practised as a nurse at St Mary's Hospital, London. She was a doctoral researcher at Charing Cross Hospital, where she became interested in sleep and controlling breathing. She studied patients with lateral medullary syndrome, who suffered from brain stem lesions.[1] During her PhD, she became interested in the hypocapnic apnoeic threshold. She was awarded a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of London.[2] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]
