NHLI News & Events
- Six Imperial scientists join Fellowship of Royal Society
- Heart failure’s effects in cells can be reversed with a rest
- First patient receives novel gene therapy for type of blindness
- Statins reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, eight years on from trial
- Huge funding boost for biomedical research at Imperial
An evolutionary biologist, a pharmacologist and four physicists from Imperial College London have joined the Fellowship of the Royal Society this week as part of the 2012 election of 44 new fellows - News More
The National Heart and Lung Institute, led by Professor Kim M Fox, is an Institute of Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine based on sites at Royal Brompton and Harefield, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, South Kensington and Charing Cross.
The Institute has, as its central interest, all aspects of heart, lung and cardiovascular disease and includes sections working in respiratory, cardiovascular and molecular medicine. The academic research strategy is led by a team of four academic staff members, each outstanding in their field, namely:
- Peter Barnes - Head of Respiratory Medicine
- Bill Cookson - Head of Respiratory Science
- Michael Schneider - Head of Cardiovascular Science
- Dorian Haskard - Head of Vascular Science
Represents the largest group of researchers working on lung disease in Europe.
Molecular Medicine
Consisting of scientists with interests in fundamental aspects of cell and molecular biology.
