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Department of Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
About us
Our department comprises basic scientists and clinician-scientists working to unravel the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases and ageing and developing new technologies to improve tissue regeneration.
Our mission is to conduct high-impact research that not only expands our understanding of disease, but also translates scientific discoveries into improved patient care.
Our work
We employ state-of-the-art laboratory techniques, human experimental models of infection, injury and tissue regeneration, which are translated through pre-clinical models into early phase clinical testing.
Our research is complemented by access to patient data and a unique repository of curated patient and gender-diverse healthy control samples across age to unravel the complexities of disease and identify new treatment modalities.
The department actively collaborates with clinical teams at UCLH, The Royal Free Hospital, The Institute of Child Health / Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Ophthalmology, and The Cleveland Clinic.
This ensures that research findings are directly applicable to patient populations.
This approach facilitates translation of our cutting-edge research into clinical practice, offering patients access to clinical trials via the latest advancements in medicine.
The REINVENT FOCiS Centre of Excellence
The vision of the FOCiS Centre of Excellence - University College London Centre for gender inclusive research inflammation immunity focused on childhood and adolescence (REINVENT) is to integrate and lead multi-disciplinary inclusive research from across our teams, working with paediatric adolescent and young adult individuals who have autoimmune / inflammatory conditions and age matched healthy gender-diverse individuals.
Facilities
Department staff
- Heads of Centres
Professor Derek Gilroy
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
d.gilroy@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Arne Akbar
Immunosenescence and Ageing
020 3108 2172 (Ext. 52172)
a.akbar@ucl.ac.ukDr Adrian Brown | Dr Janine Markaronidis
Obesity and Metabolism
a.c.brown@ucl.ac.uk | j.makaronidis@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Richard Day
Precision Healthcare
020 3108 2183 (Ext. 52183)
r.m.day@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Coziana Ciurtin
Rheumatology Bloomsbury
020 3447 9035 (Ext. 79035)
c.ciurtin@ucl.ac.uk- Principal Investigators
Professor John Martin
020 7679 6851 (Ext. 46851)
j.martin@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Ian Zachary
020 7679 6620 (Ext. 46620)
i.zachary@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Liz Jury
e.jury@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Michael Ehrenstein
m.ehrenstein@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Ian Giles
i.giles@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Anisur Rahman
anisur.rahman@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Geraldine Cambridge
g.cambridge@ucl.ac.ukDr Lizzy Rosser
e.rosser@ucl.ac.ukDr Thomas McDonnell
thomas.mcdonnell.11@ucl.ac.ukDr George Robinson
george.robinson@ucl.ac.ukDr Venkat Reddy
v.reddy@ucl.ac.uk- Emeritus Professors
Professor David Isenberg
d.isenberg@ucl.ac.ukProfessor Jonathan Edwards
jo.edwards@ucl.ac.uk- Postdoctoral Staff
Dr Luciana Polaco Courve
l.courve@ucl.ac.ukDr Anna Kleyman
0207 679 0982 (Ext. 40982)
a.kleyman@ucl.ac.ukDr Souraya Saregh
souraya.saregh@ucl.ac.ukDr George Collins
020 7679 6192 (Ext. 46192)
george.collins@ucl.ac.ukDr Charikleia Simitzi
c.simitzi@ucl.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associates
Dr Ben Ingledow
ben.ingledow.16@ucl.ac.ukDr Diana Matei
d.matei@ucl.ac.ukDr Hannah Peckham
hannah.peckham.14@ucl.ac.ukDr Ania Radziszewska
ania.radziszewska@ucl.ac.uk- Visiting Fellows and Trial Coordinators
Dr Hannah Bridgewater
h.bridgewater@ucl.ac.ukDr Alisia Carnemolla (Clinical Trial Coordinator)
020 7679 6308 (Ext. 46308)
a.carnemolla@ucl.ac.ukAlanna Brown (Clinical Trial Coordinator)
alanna.brown@ucl.ac.uk- Research Staff
Lucia Martin, Senior Research Technician
l.martin-gutierrez@nhs.netVincent Guichard, Research Fellow
v.guichard@ucl.ac.ukJhonatan Carvalho, Research Fellow
j.carvalho@ucl.ac.ukDaniel McCluskey, Research Fellow
d.mccluskey@ucl.ac.ukBethan Goulden, Research Fellow
bethan.goulden@ucl.ac.ukRym Abida, Research Fellow
r.abida@ucl.ac.ukChristophe Lalaurie, Research Fellow
christophe.lalaurie.18@ucl.ac.ukOlivia Bracken, Research Fellow
olivia.bracken.18@ucl.ac.ukRino Kimura, Research Fellow
rino.kimura@ucl.ac.ukDr Sulmaaz Qamar, Research Fellow
sulmaaz.qamar@ucl.ac.ukDr Ritwika Mallik, Research Fellow
r.mallik@ucl.ac.ukDr Benjamin Norton, Research Fellow
benjamin.norton.22@ucl.ac.ukHeather Thorn, Research Manager
h.thorn@ucl.ac.ukChloe Firman, Research Assistant
chloe.firman.19@ucl.ac.ukPersephone Jenkins, Research Assistant
persephone.jenkins.21@ucl.ac.ukMonika Kallis, Research Assistant
monika.kalis.21@ucl.ac.ukDr Nausheen Hamid, Research Dietitian
nausheen.hamid@ucl.ac.ukDr Fred Jassil, Research Dietitian
friedrich.jassil.13@ucl.ac.ukTapiwa Ruwona, Research Nurse
t.ruwona@ucl.ac.uk- ARR Core Facility Staff
Mahnaz Abbasian, Lab Manager
m.abbasian@ucl.ac.ukHugh Trahair, Lab Manager to Prof. Arne Akbar
h.trahair@ucl.ac.ukEsther Geary, Centre Administrator
e.geary@ucl.ac.ukSamia Jahangir, Dept. Academic Secretary
s.jahangir@ucl.ac.ukJamie Evans, Flow Cytometry Manager, Rayne
jamie.evans@ucl.ac.uk- PhD Students
Friedrich Jassil
friedrich.jassil.13@ucl.ac.ukJunjie Peng
junjie.peng.15@ucl.ac.ukAlexandra Oppong
alexandra.oppong.19@ucl.ac.ukBeth Jebson
b.jebson@ucl.ac.ukVicky Alexiou
v.alexiou@ucl.ac.ukEmily Cornish
e.cornish@ucl.ac.ukHeather Cross
heather.cross.23@ucl.ac.ukMar Ester Casajuana
mar.casajuana.18@ucl.ac.ukWilliam English
william.english.22@ucl.ac.ukJulia Linke
julia.linke.18@ucl.ac.ukJoao Oliveira
joao.oliveira.18@ucl.ac.ukHaowei Wang
haowei.wang.21@ucl.ac.ukJuzheng Zhang
juzheng.zhang.21@ucl.ac.ukPolina Deletic
polina.deletic.20@ucl.ac.ukDhyana Sharma
dhyana.sharma.19@ucl.ac.ukSam Dicken
samuel.dicken.20@ucl.ac.ukChloe Firman
chloe.firman.19@ucl.ac.ukBethan Goulden
bethan.goulden@ucl.ac.ukElif Gokoglan
elif.gokoglan.21@ucl.ac.ukChristian Harrison
christian.harrison.23@ucl.ac.ukImogen Heenan
imogen.heenan.23@ucl.ac.uk