Edward Tobias

Professor Edward Tobias greatly enjoys teaching others about the subject (Medical Genetics) that continues to fill him with genuine excitement, fascination and amazement. His teaching at Glasgow University has led to three recent Student-awarded Teaching Awards (for Best College Teacher 2014, Best College Teacher 2013 and Best Subject Area 2012) from the Student Representative Council, as well as a personal Teaching Excellence Award from the Senate Office of the University of Glasgow. He believes that Medical Genetics is a fascinating and exciting subject but can often appear overly complex. Individual students have described him as "a brilliant teacher... who is passionate about his subject", who has "made the subject of Medical Genetics understandable for all abilities" and has "made the topic (genetics) seem simple!"

At Glasgow University, he is the lead for the undergraduate curriculum in medical genetics for MBChB year 3. For that course, he personally delivers an entire series of multimedia interactive lectures and also leads case-based learning.

Prof Tobias is also involved in running and teaching the internationally renowned Glasgow University MSc in Medical Genetics course, which attracts a large number of students from all over the world. He and his MSc teaching colleagues were finalists in the Prospects UK national postgraduate teaching team awards 2013 and won a teaching team award in 2014. He lectures on 10 other courses.

Prof Tobias has also created a 30-page website that is freely accessible at www.essentialmedgen.com which has provided guidance to web resources and also genetics updates to visitors from the UK and well over 100 other countries.

Essential Medical Genetics, his first textbook, is now selling in over 60 countries worldwide and he is also the author of a second textbook (Medical Genetics for the MRCOG and Beyond) plus several book chapters on Medical Genetics in international specialist textbooks. He is also an external examiner for postgraduate medical genetics at two other UK universities.

He is fortunate in having so many extremely helpful colleagues in both Glasgow University and the National Health Service, to whom he is most grateful.