{"id":25,"date":"2021-07-27T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/principal-s-biography\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:57:53","slug":"principal-s-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/principal-s-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper site-font\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Meet Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor R Clive Landis, PhD <\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"faculty-content-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Principal_Landis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/Images\/Home\/Prof-Landis-in-Gown-and-Cap-1.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 15px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">Professor R. Clive Landis is an experienced medical researcher and university leader who has served as Principal of The UWI Cave Hill Campus since August 1, 2021. A dedicated member of The UWI community since 2004, Professor Landis previously held several key leadership roles, including Deputy Principal (2015\u20132019), University Pro Vice-Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies (2019\u20132021), and Chair of both the Zika Task Force and the COVID-19 Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tOriginally from Imperial College London, Professor Landis began his UWI journey as a Senior Lecturer at the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre (GA-CDRC) and was subsequently promoted to Professor of Cardiovascular Research and Director of the Centre. He has published over 150 scientific papers and founded the Edmund Cohen Vascular Research Laboratory at the GA-CDRC.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHis research spans cardiovascular disease, wound healing, and most recently, viral infections and public health, including HIV, Zika, and COVID-19. He established the Immunology PhD programme at the Cave Hill Campus and led Barbados\u2019 public HIV laboratory as Honorary Director from 2011\u20132018, guiding it through international accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAs Chair of The UWI COVID-19 Task Force, Professor Landis contributed valuable insights and policy recommendations on the Caribbean\u2019s pandemic response.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBeyond his academic and administrative achievements, Professor Landis is deeply committed to student-centred education and regional development. He holds dual citizenship in the UK and Barbados, speaks fluent German, and is a proud family man, married with three children.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor R Clive Landis, PhD Professor R. Clive Landis is an experienced medical researcher and university leader who has served as Principal of The UWI Cave Hill Campus since August 1, 2021. A dedicated member of The UWI community since 2004, Professor Landis previously held several key leadership roles, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Principal's Biography - Office of the Principal - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"Meet Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor R Clive Landis, PhD Professor R. Clive Landis is an experienced medical researcher and university leader who h"},"iawp_total_views":20,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}