Our work
Our aim is to understand the basis of disease, and to develop better diagnostics and treatments for diseases with an emphasis on experimental medicine. Find out more about what we do.
- Advanced Biomedical Imaging
- Airways Diseases
- Amyloidosis
- Cirrhosis
- Clinical Kidney Disease
- Computational Medicine
- Dialysis and Physiology
- Experimental Inflammation
- Experimental Nephrology
- Fibrosis and Tissue Repair
- Genetics and Genomics
- Human Health and Performance
- Immunosenescense and Ageing
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Liver and Pancreaticobiliary Cancer
- Liver Tissue Engineering
- Medical Imaging
- Metabolism and Inflammation
- Nuclear Medicine
- Obesity and Metabolism
- Precision Healthcare
- Pulmonary Oncology
- Radiochemistry
- Respiratory Infection
- Rheumatology
- Transplantation
- Urological Biology
Our research departments
Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
The Department of Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine combines different disciplines to improve health and find new cures for disease.
Imaging
We cater for imaging research across the entire pipeline, from pre-clinical, through translational first-in-man studies, to large multi-centre studies of high technology platforms within the NHS.
Inflammation and Rare Diseases
We host three centres conducting investigative research into a spectrum of rare and systemic disorders characterised by inflammation, organ-based disease and metabolic alterations.
Institute for Liver and Digestive Health
Our department is formed of six centres that concentrate the entire clinical and scientific activity in Hepatology at UCL with Hepatobiliary Medicine, Surgery and Liver Transplantation.
Renal Medicine
Our clinical and research expertise includes applied epithelial physiology and pathophysiology, renal genetics and cell biology, immunology and inflammation, mineral metabolism, and more.
Respiratory Medicine
Our department conducts ground breaking research on the molecular mechanisms, diagnosis, and management of the major lung diseases, including lung infections, Interstitial Lung Diseases, and more.
Funding opportunities
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Latest news
Chronic kidney disease progresses faster in hot countries
Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared to those living in temperate climates.
Treatments for rare diseases are needed to beat kidney failure
Focusing on rare conditions could reduce the burden of kidney disease on both patients and the NHS, according to a new study led by UCL and the UK Kidney Association.
Patients with rare heart condition given lifeline
People diagnosed with a life-threatening cardiac condition have been given new hope, thanks to a ground-breaking new drug developed by UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.
