Medicine News

Funding will develop a new type of medicine that could protect people against a wide range of respiratory viruses - including flu, RSV, and the common cold.

UCL remains one of the world's top universities for Medicine, ranking sixth in the world for Medicine in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, and number one in London.

A major UK study aims to prevent thousands of people at risk of liver disease from needing hospital care. The £3.4m trial is being co‑led by UCL and the University of Leeds.

UCL has begun a new collaborative partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation following a recent visit to Qatar by a delegation from UCL’s Division of Medicine.

Professor Rachel Chambers has been appointed as the new Acting Director of the Division of Medicine at UCL, commencing on 8th December 2025.

Research led by Professor David Lomas & Dr James Irving has mapped the structure of abnormal protein chains that cause liver and lung disease in people with antitrypsin deficiency.

Congratulations to Dr Annalisa Bettini, who is the Division of Medicine's 2025 winner of the Early Career Researcher Network's Pump-Priming Award.

Dimitrios Anastasiou has been appointed Professor of Metabolic Systems and Science Lead at UCL’s Institute for Liver & Digestive Health (ILDH).

Dr Deborah Caswell has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to support her work studying the biological changes which take place before lung cancer tumours start to grow.

Solon Fountzopoulos was recognised for his work as the Undergraduate Faculty Student Representative, supporting learning and communication across the faculty.

Dr George Robinson has been chosen as one of the Rising Stars 2025 by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), following nomination by the British Society for Immunology.

The Division of Medicine is proud to support its students and staff who are parents or about to become parents.

We present the Winter 2024 Newsletter showcasing Early Phase Cancer Trials at the NIHR University College London Hospitals Clinical Research Facility (UCLH CRF).

Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides threatens malaria control in many parts of the world. A study by an international research team involving UCL uncovers how neonicotinoids affect malaria-carrying mosquitoes, with findings offering alternative ways to control the disease.

It is with sadness that the Division of Medicine hears of the passing of Dr Glenys Tennent.