12 March 2025

What is your role within King’s Health Partners (KHP)?

I’m Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine, which sits within KHP, and also Director of the Roger Williams Institute for Liver Studies.

What do you enjoy most about your role?

I most enjoy the diversity of what I do, the different people I work with, and the many different challenges. These range from clinical work through to experimental medicine, through to speaking to colleagues in the lab who are working on discovery science, through to developing the strategy for the Centre for Translational Medicine. It’s the variety that makes it really exciting.

Please describe the aim of the KHP Centre for Translational Medicine?

The aim is threefold. One is to shape our approach to research in translational medicine. Secondly, it’s to support the critical investment in people and therefore develop research capacity across our NHS and university partners. Finally, it’s how we can connect the dots, to make the system as efficient as possible so as to accelerate the delivery of really exciting discovery science into meaningful new innovations that will make a difference for patients.

What are the benefits of working in partnership?

It’s being able to hear different perspectives. I’m a firm believer that by bringing together different views you can really crack a problem and deliver a solution which has the greatest impact.

What would be your career top tips?

Number one is to enjoy what you do. The second thing is to set yourself challenges, because by doing that you can really focus your attention. You can assess your progress against these challenges, which provides a sense of accomplishment.

To learn more about the KHP Centre for Translational Medicine and its current funding offers, visit the webpage here.