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UCL medical student Rohan Patel presented a clinical case at the Clinical Grand Round at ESCMID Global, the European infectious diseases congress, in Munich in April.

Robert Crawford, Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in Restorative Dentistry, has been successfully re-elected to Board of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Professor Simon Bach is a leading academic clinician whose research focuses on novel, less invasive treatments for colorectal cancer and the use robotic and digital surgery to improve patient outcomes

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.

The UCL community has paid tribute to Professor Robin Weiss, an exceptional scientist whose pioneering retrovirus research and dedication to mentoring helped shape both virology and cancer research.

UCL’s Division of Infection and Immunity has been renamed the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Transplantation, reflecting a new chapter for collaborative research, education and training.

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.

Dr Linh Nguyen has received a Royal Society International Exchanges 2025 Cost Share Award to support a two-year collaboration on sustainable injectable biomaterials for dental bone regeneration.

Contrary to long-held assumptions, new UCL-led research shows people with both hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV can maintain strong immune responses to hepatitis B when it is treated with antivirals.

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

A UCL Cancer Institute researcher is helping lead a major initiative to advance human disease modelling by developing reproducible in vitro systems.

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).