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Our UCL Medicine Case and Seminar Series is on Tuesdays 1pm-2pm in the Rayne Second Floor Seminar Room / Royal Free Hospital, with lunch provided. Presentations are led by Principal Investigators.
Autumn 2023
| Date | Coordinator | On-site facilitator | Medicine Case | Science Seminar | Location | Remote facilitator |
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| 12 Sept 2023 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | A New Climate. Why we need to act, and what we need to do Prof. Hugh Montgomery | Rayne | Winnie Han Langner, Kate Henderson, Royal Free (ILDH Seminar Room) | |
| 19 Sept 2023 | Rachel Chambers / Jeremy Brown, Respiratory | Nicole Halliday | Targeting antimicrobial resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections Prof. Jeremy Brown | Rayne | Lynn Knight, Alison Kelly, Royal Free | |
| 26 Sept 2023 | Krista Rombouts, ILDH | Alison Kelly | Combating the rising tide of cirrhosis re-admissions: the role of digital therapeutics Prof. Raj Mookerjee | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room | Esther Geary, Rayne | |
| 03 Oct 2023 | Alan Salama, Renal | Kate Henderson / Winnie Han Langner | A green and pleasant land: bucolic countryside, deadly poisons and ultrarare disease Dr Stephen (Ben) Walsh | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room | Co-host, Prof. Sam Janes AV: Alison Kelly, Rayne | |
| 10 Oct 2023 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | Sudden cardiac death: from challenging the coroner's autopsy to finding a therapeutic solution Prof. John Martin & Prof. Dave Selwood | Rayne | Co-host, Dr Adrian Brown AV: Winnie Han Langner, Royal Free | |
| 17 Oct 2023 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Korsa Khan | Antibody-associated reversal of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy Prof. Julian Gillmore | Pathophysiology and mechanisms of transthyretin aggregation Dr Guglielmo Verona | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room | Co-host, Coziana Ciurtin AV: Alison Kelly, Rayne |
| 31 Oct 2023 | Dave Selwood, WIBR | Andrea Goncalves | Neural mechanisms causing acute and chronic pain in humans Prof. Martin Koltzenburg, Clinical & Movement Neurosciences | Cortical processing of persistent pain Dr Liam Browne | Rayne | AV: Winnie Han Langner, Kate Henderson, Royal Free |
| 07 Nov 2023 | Steve Halligan, Imaging | Alison Kelly | A GBA1 variant carrier with agitated dreams and a hoarse voice Dr Marco Toffoli | Glymphatic clearance of alpha-synuclein: a novel therapeutic target in Parkinson's? Dr Ian Harrison | Rayne | AV: Lynn Knight, Royal Free |
| 14 Nov 2023 | Rachel Chambers / Jeremy Brown, Respiratory | Nicole Halliday | Tuberculosis: still crazy after all these years Prof. Marc Lipman | Making an IMPACT on adherence to treatment for TB Prof. Marc Lipman | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room | AV: Alison Kelly / Nicole Halliday |
| 21 Nov 2023 | Krista Rombouts, ILDH | Lynn Knight | Infection and cirrhosis: a decade & 2.5 multi-centre clinical trials -but any answers! Prof. Alistair O'Brien | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room | Alison Kelly, Rayne | |
| 28 Nov 2023 | Alan Salama, Renal | Kate Henderson / Winnie Han Langner | Immunsing the immunosuppressed transplant patients Prof. Alan Salama | Rethinking urinary tract infection as one black-and-white disease - a journey into the grey areas Prof. Jennifer Rohn | Host: Rhys Evans AV: Kate Henderson | Host: Puja Mehta AV: Alison Kelly |
| 05 Dec 2023 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer - Cases from the SUMMIT and ASCENT Trials | Harnessing emerging digital and quantum technologies for early disease diagnosis Prof. Rachel McKendry, London Centre for Nanotechnology | Rayne | Host: John Hurst AV: Lynn Knight, Royal Free |
| 12 Dec 2023 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Esther Geary / Jeannie Berkeley | Too young for this! Cardiovascular risk in childhood-onset lupus Prof. Coziana Ciurtin | Rayne Host: Lizzy Rosser AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free, IDLH Seminar Room Host: Markella Ponticos AV: Millie Williams / Lynn Knight | |
Spring 2024
| Date | Coordinator | On-site facilitator | Medicine Case | Science Seminar | Location | Remote facilitator |
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| 16 Jan 2024 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | Antibiotics in sepsis: a SWOT analysis - changing perspectives and novel approaches Prof. Mervyn Singer & Dr Nishkantha Arulkumaran | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free Host: David Abraham AV: Lynn Knight | |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Rachel Chambers / Jeremy Brown, Respiratory | Nicole Halliday | The role of APOBEC3B in lung tumour evolution and targeted cancer therapy resistance Dr Debbie Caswell | Rayne Host: Rachel Chambers AV: Alison Kelly / Catriona Heredia | Royal Free Host: Marc Lipman AV: Millie Williams / Jeannie Berkeley | |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Dave Selwood, WIBR | Adaptive myelination: Re-shaping neural circuits | Cognitive decline as a trigger event to establish disease activity and treatment escalation in RMS | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free Host: Markella Ponticos AV: Lynn Knight | |
| 06 Feb 2024 | Alan Salama, Renal | Kate Henderson / Winnie Han Langner | Using RaDaR to fight kidney failure Prof. Daniel Gale | Royal Free Host: Rhys Evans AV: Kate Henderson | Rayne Host: Ramon Garcia Maset AV: Alison Kelly | |
| 20 Feb 2024 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | Harnessing science to cure diseases Prof. Derek Gilroy & Prof. Debajit Sen | Rayne Host: Dr Olivia Bracken AV: Alison Kelly / Cat/ Esther | Royal Free Host: Guglielmo Verona AV: Kate Henderson | |
| 27 Feb 2024 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Esther Geary / Jeannie Berkeley | 'Decoding clinical, molecular and cellular diversity in systemic sclerosis' Prof. Chris Denton and Dr Kristina Clark | Royal Free, ILDH Seminar Room Host: Dr Voon Ong AV: Millie Williams | Rayne Host: Coziana Ciurtin AV: Esther Geary/Alison Kelly | |
| 05 Mar 2024 | Dave Selwood, WIBR | 'Inhibitory neurons of the cerebral cortex: from development to disease' Professor Dimitri Kullmann | Rayne Host: David Selwood AV: Andrea Goncalves & Alison Kelly | Royal Free Host: Jill Norman AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 12 Mar 2024 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Alison Kelly | 'Targeting CD206 positive macrophages to treat inflammatory fibrosis' Richard Stratton and Sandra Lopez Centre for Rheumatology UCL Division of Medicine | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free Host: David Abraham AV: Jeannie Berkeley | |
| 19 Mar 2024 | Rachel Chambers / Jeremy Brown, Respiratory | Catriona Heredia | Division of Medicine Social Event - teas and coffees |
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Summer 2024
| Date | Coordinator | On-site facilitator | Medicine Case | Science Seminar | Location | Remote facilitator |
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| 09 Apr 2024 | Krista Rombouts, IDLH | Lynn Knight | 'Acute on Chronic Liver Failure' | Royal Free Host: Krista Rombouts AV: Lynn Knight | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Alan Salama, Renal | Kate Henderson / Winnie Han Langner | 'Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD): Mechanisms, models and potential therapies' Professor Jill Norman & Professor Patricia Wilson UCL Centre for Kidney and Bladder Health | Royal Free Host:Dr Keith Siew AV: Kate Henderson | Rayne | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | “Ultra-processed Food: misinformation or the missing piece” Science Seminar: Medicine Case: This seminar will cover Chris Van Tulleken's personal experience and results of following a UPF diet for a BBC documentary, which helped in the development of the Centre’s recent randomised trial UPDATE investigating the impact of a UPF diet meeting UK dietary guidance on health. | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free | |
| 30 Apr 2024 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Esther Geary / Jeannie Berkeley | 'An integrated approach to risk stratification of early onset type 2 diabetes in low/middle income communities' | Royal Free Host: Professor David Lomas AV: Millie Williams | Rayne | |
| 07 May 2024 | Dave Selwood, WIBR | Andrea Goncalves | Prof. Karl Matter, Inst. Ophthalmology | Prof. Edith Chan | Rayne Host: David Selwood AV: Andrea Goncalves | Royal Free |
| 14 May 2024 | Steve Halligan, Imaging | Alison Kelly | “Multimodal translational imaging of a humanised mouse model of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis”. Dr Daniel Stuckey (Imaging) & Dr Ana Martinez-Naharro (National Amyloidosis Centre/Royal Free Hospital) | Rayne Host: AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free | |
| 21 May 2024 | Rachel Chambers / Jeremy Brown, Respiratory | Nicole Halliday | Prof. Joanna Porter | Rayne Host: Rachel Chambers AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free Host: Millie Williams | |
| 04 Jun 2024 | Krista Rombouts, ILDH | Lynn Knight | Dr Brian Hogan, Prof. Clare Selden | Royal Free Host: Krista Rombouts AV: Lynn Knight | Rayne AV: Alison Kelly | |
| 11 Jun 2024 | Alan Salama, Renal | Kate Henderson / Winnie Han Langner | TBC | Royal Free Host: Alan Salama AV: Kate Henderson | Rayne AV: Alison Kelly | |
| 18 Jun 2024 | Derek Gilroy, ETM | Alison Kelly | Prof. Richard Day | Rayne Host: Derek Gilroy AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free AV: Millie Williams | |
| 25 Jun 2024 | David Abraham, Inflammation | Esther Geary / Jeannie Berkeley | Amyloidosis Prof. Philip Hawkins / Marianna Fontana (TBC) | Amyloidosis Dr Diana Canetti | Royal Free Host: David Abraham AV: Millie Williams | Rayne AV: Alison Kelly |
| 02 Jul 2024 | Dave Selwood, WIBR | Andrea Goncalves | TBC | Prof. Huiliang Li | ||
| 09 Jul 2024 | Steve Halligan, Imaging | Alison Kelly | Dr Jack Wells | Rayne Host: Steve Halligan AV: Alison Kelly | Royal Free AV: Millie Williams / Lynn Knight | |