The new HR Business Manager, Gail Christey, took up her post with the Clinical School on Monday, 9 June 2014. She is on (7)62551, and is situated in the office at the back of the CATO office. Gail has been a HR Manager within the University of London and the Civil Service, and she joins us […]
Message from the Regius | June 20 2014
First, a date for your diaries. On 20th October the Nobel Foundation is bringing Joseph Goldstein and Michael Brown to Cambridge, and there will be a series of talks etc. here on the Biomedical campus. Brown and Goldstein won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 for their studies on cholesterol metabolism. Their scientific […]
Report of the General Board on Senior Academic Promotions
Under the recent Senior Academic Promotions, with effect from October 2014, Professorships have been established for the following members of the Clinical School: Dr Susan Ozanne | Department of Clinical Biochemistry Dr Franklin Aigbirhio* | Department of Clinical Neurosciences Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald | Department of Oncology * For so long as he holds the office of Director of PET […]
Children who later develop autism are exposed to elevated levels of steroid hormones in the womb
A study led by Simon Baron-Cohen (Department of Psychiatry) has found that children, who later develop autism, have elevated levels of steroid hormones in the womb. The finding may help explain why autism is more common in males than females. However, the researchers caution it should not be used to screen for the condition. The […]
Spying acute kidney injury at the bedside: Early detection using non-invasive optical technology
Investigators at the Department of Medicine, together with SensorHut, have been awarded a SBRI NIHR Devices for Dignity HTC grant as part of a £3.6m NIHR competition funded by the Department of Health to help people with kidney failure. The team, led by Dr Menna Clatworthy, are testing the hypothesis that a change in the volatile […]
Associate Clinical Dean Elected Vice-President of Murray Edwards College
Dr Ruchi Sinnatamby, Associate Clinical Dean and Consultant Radiologist in CUH, has been elected to be the next Vice President of Murray Edwards College with effect from Michaelmas Term 2014. A graduate of Queens’ College and the Clinical School, Ruchi has had a long association with Murray Edwards, supervising anatomy for many years when she […]
Calling all Cancer scientists
The Cambridge Cancer Centre is a network of around 500 researchers and clinicians working on the detection, treatment and prevention of cancer. The core partners are Cancer Research UK, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By working with nearly 150 research groups based in different departments and institutes across Cambridge, […]
