Department of Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
About us
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- Location: Bloomsbury Campus
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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊH, The Royal Free Hospital, The Institute of Child Health / Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Ophthalmology, and The Cleveland Clinic. ThisÌýensuresÌýthat 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.
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 ´¥Ìýj.makaronidis@ucl.ac.ukÌýProfessor 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 EhrensteinÌý
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,ÌýSenior Research Technician
l.martin-gutierrez@nhs.netVincent Guichard,ÌýResearch Fellow
v.guichard@ucl.ac.ukJhonatan Carvalho,ÌýResearch 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,ÌýResearch 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,ÌýResearch Dietitian
nausheen.hamid@ucl.ac.ukDr Fred Jassil,ÌýResearch Dietitian
friedrich.jassil.13@ucl.ac.ukTapiwa Ruwona,ÌýResearch NurseÌý
t.ruwona@ucl.ac.uk- ARR Core Facility Staff
Mahnaz Abbasian, Lab ManagerÌý
m.abbasian@ucl.ac.ukHugh Trahair, Lab Manager to Prof. Arne Akbar
h.trahair@ucl.ac.ukEsther Geary,ÌýCentre 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
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