Chris Horton

I am a Stipendiary Lecturer in Medicine at Trinity College, Oxford, where I teach undergraduate medical students across both the pre-clinical and clinical years. I supervise tutorials in physiology, pathology, and applied clinical sciences. I also have a strong interest in developing innovative digital resources to enhance medical education.

From October 2025, I will take up the role of Clinical Research Fellow in Rheumatology at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), studying for a DPhil under the supervision of Professor Vincent and funded by The Clarendon Scholarship and Kennedy Institute Clinical Studentship. My research will explore mechanisms of cartilage repair and the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis, building on my previous laboratory experience in induced pluripotent stem cell immunology and regenerative medicine.

Clinically, I am a Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Warwick Orthopaedic Training Programme, where I am pursuing subspecialty interests alongside my academic work.

I studied Medicine at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours in Medical Sciences, before completing my clinical training at Green Templeton College.

Leung, B., Williams, M., Horton, C. and Cosker, T, ‘Modernising Anatomy Teaching: Which Resources Do Students Rely On?’ Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development 2020  

Carroll, L., Braeutigam, S., Dawes, J., Krsnik, Z., Kostovic, I., Coutinho, E., Dewing, J., Horton, C., Gomez-Nicola, D. and Menassa, D, ‘Autism Spectrum Disorders: Multiple Routes to, and Multiple Consequences of, Abnormal Synaptic Function and Connectivity’, The Neuroscientist 2020  

Whiles, E., Shafafy, R., Valsamis, E., Horton, C., Morassi, G., Stokes, O. & Elsayed, S., ‘The Management of Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review’, Global Spine Journal December 2019  

Horton, C., Davies, T., Lahiri, P., Sachamitr, P. & Fairchild, P., ‘iPS cells reprogrammed from primary dendritic cells provide an abundant source of immunostimulatory dendritic cells for use in immunotherapy’, Stem Cells 2019 38, 67-79 

Fairchild, P., Davies, T., Horton, C., Shanmugarajah, K. & Bravo, M., ‘Immunotherapy with iPSC-derived dendritic cells brings a new perspective to an old debate: autologous versus allogeneic?’, Cell & Gene Therapy Insights 2019; 5(5), 565–566. 

Horton C, Shanmugarajah K, Fairchild PJ., ‘Harnessing the properties of dendritic cells in the pursuit of immunological tolerance’, Biomedical Journal 2017 40, 80–93 

Fairchild, P., Horton, C., Lahiri, P., Shanmugarajah, K. & Davies, T., ‘Beneath the sword of Damocles: regenerative medicine and the shadow of immunogenicity’, Regenerative Medicine 11 (2016), 817-829