Join us for our upcoming Rare Disease Grand Round hosted by the King's Health Partners Rare Disease Network

The King's Health Partners Rare Disease Network brings together research and clinical groups across the region, facilitating networking opportunities and creating a collaborative environment for cross organisational rare disease research​. By enhancing collaboration, scale, and impact of research, the network aims to attract future investment in translational rare diseases research​.

Don't miss this opportunity to join members of the King's Health Partners research and clinical community, and hear from experts involved in rare diseases research​.

This will be an online event and the session will be recorded for later viewing on the King's Health Partners learning hub.

-----

Chair: Dr Cristina Dias, Chair of the King's Health Partners Rare Disease Network and Consultant in Clinical Genetics at Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Topics and speakers:

New avenues to treat rare diseases: precision therapeutic gene correction using DNA editing for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
Dr Joanna Jacków-Malinowska
Senior Lecturer in Therapeutic Gene Editing, King's College London
​​​​​​​
Drug repurposing to help patients with inherited skin diseases
Prof John McGrath
Professor of Molecular Dermatology & Head of Department, St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London