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Welcome Message

Welcome message from the UCL Institute of Child Health Director, Professor Andrew Copp

Andy-Copp

Welcome to the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) which, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The joint institution’s overall mission is to:

Improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement

In support of our mission, ICH pursues an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to enhance understanding, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of childhood disease.  A broad range of paediatric issues is covered, from molecular genetics to population health sciences. All specialities as they relate to children’s health are included so that ICH fulfils the role of a world-leading academic establishment in paediatrics.  In keeping with a commitment to disease prevention, ICH is active in teaching and research aimed at developing interventions to promote health both during childhood and in the later years of life. This multi-disciplinary approach is necessitated by the important principle that the child is not merely a small adult. 

ICH was established in 1945 and, in 2006, joined UCL's newly-formed Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, becoming the largest of its 14 Divisions and Institutes. ICH has maintained a particularly close relationship with GOSH throughout its sixty-three year existence. These close links have enabled ICH to pursue medical research in the context of child health and disease, based upon an integrated approach of careful clinical observation and scientific investigation. This allows an understanding of disease mechanisms and, in turn, leads to precise diagnosis and development of new therapies. 

I hope you will enjoy browsing our pages and learning about our work in more depth.

Andy Copp

Professor Andrew Copp
Director
UCL Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street
London WC1N 1EH




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