Professor Marc Feldmann was awarded the 2007 Curtin Medal. Professor Feldmann is the Head of the Cellular Immunology Department, and Rheumatology Division of the Kennedy Institute at Imperial College London. He was awarded the Medal for outstanding achievements throughout his career, particularly in the discovery of the role of the cytokines in autoimmune disease, and subsequent development of therapies which have improved the quality of life of millions of people worldwide with rheumatoid arthritis.