Research

Research and Teaching Departments

Developmental Biology and Cancer

Research in Development Biology and Cancer aims to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying childhood disease, with a view to improving clinical care and promoting children's health.

Developmental Neurosciences

The primary focus is to minimise the impact of nervous system disorders by studying injury and repair, enhancing diagnosis, evaluating therapies, and improving long-term functional outcomes.

Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Our aims are to deliver better diagnostics through identification of novel disease-causing genes and accurate disease biomarkers for targeting of therapies.

Infection, Immunity and Inflammation

We aim to deliver world-class research for children with infectious, immunological, and inflammatory disease; life-threatening respiratory disease, chronic pain, and critical illness in intensive care

Population, Policy and Practice

Population, Policy and Practice

Through our research, teaching and translational activities, we aim to improve the health of children and young people now and throughout their adult lives.

Cross-cutting themes

Data Science

Global Health

Mental Health

Stem Cell Biology

Study

Our teaching programmes

UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and short courses, leveraging our close links with clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children

The Zayed Centre for Research is a world-leading centre of excellence that will enable scientists and clinicians to more accurately diagnose, treat and cure young people with rare diseases.