King's College London announces new institute dedicated to liver studies

King's College London has announced the setting up of the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies (RW-ILS) dedicated to liver studies.

Study in UK: King’s College London has joined forces with the Foundation for Liver Research (FLR) to set up the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies (RW-ILS). The announcement comes after the appointment of Professor Newsome as Director of the Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology and senior Professor of Hepatology at King's College London School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences.

Colonel Hamon Massey, Chairman of Trustees of the Foundation for Liver Research said, "Uniting expertise from the two Institutes, the Roger Williams Institute for Liver Studies will allow for the integration of fundamental, translational and clinical investigative research across a wide range of liver diseases while the Board of Trustees of the FLR and its infrastructure will continue to maintain financial independence and monitor research projects. The RW-ILS will continue to build upon international collaborations established by its founding institutions and be committed to training the next generation of scientists within the field. It will bring together researchers, clinicians and professional staff, and I commend this advance."

Professor Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo, Deputy Director of the RW-ILS, said, “The merger of the RW Institute of Hepatology and King’s Institute of Liver Studies into a single university department has been a long due ambition of liver investigators within the Denmark Hill campus. The new department will rationalise the use of current infrastructures and help establish the strong synergies that will put us on track to become one of the world’s top comprehensive academic liver units.”

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Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology focuses on many aspects of liver diseases including translational research, research technologies, and spanning basic science. The Foundation for Liver Research funds this independent research institute. It aims to improve patient outcomes by breaking barriers in critical care, clinical and laboratory settings.

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Professor Dommett, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience has received Advance Higher Education National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

While commenting on this, she said, "I am honoured to have been nominated by King's and to have been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship. It is the culmination of two decades of work in digital education and I hope I can continue this journey with colleagues and students to ensure high quality innovative education."

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