Professor (or Reader) in Nephrology & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

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Professor (or Reader) in Nephrology & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

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King’s College London

Job description

Professor (or Reader) in Nephrology, King’s College London; & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ HospitalFollowing the retirement of Professor Anthony Dorling, King’s College London is seeking to appoint a Professor in Nephrology within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM). This role offers an outstanding opportunity to shape transplant immunology & nephrology research at King’s and help reinvigorate the field in the UK.The School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences (SIMS), where the role is based, is dedicated to delivering world-class research and education focused on the immune system, particularly its role in health and disease. With excellent opportunities to enhance the field through collaborations across the University and with connected hospital Trusts, the successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the University’s mission to lead high-impact research to inform and innovate. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take on an Honorary Consultant Nephrologist appointment within Guy’s Hospital, working with sizeable cohorts of kidney transplant and autoimmune renal disease patients at Guy’s & St Thomas’s, and King’s College Hospitals.This appointment provides an exceptional platform to expand clinical academic leadership in Transplantation and Nephrology research. We are seeking an academic with a compelling track record and ongoing programme of research in this field. The appointee will lead the development of a comprehensive translational research programme in Transplantation and Nephrology, aligned with the vision and strategy of SIMS and FoLSM.The successful applicant will bring the required skills to secure research funding, foster interdisciplinary collaborations across the faculty, strengthen translational research and ensure an inclusive research culture, build upon pre-existing world-class programmes of research, and enhance King’s global reputation in transplant immunology through innovative research and clinical excellence, which in turn will contribute to the University’s vision to make the world a better place.For further information please visit the and to apply please go to the pages and submit the specified documentation. For an informal conversation please contact Jamie Surgenor or Sarah Fraser within the King’s Search Team at .The closing date for applications is 23.59hrs on Monday 18th November 2024. The selection process will include a rigorous shortlisting and interview process.The School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences supports an inclusive culture and diversity for Staff and Students. We are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups, and we welcome applications from people of all abilities and currently under-represented groups, which we are able to support with our range of flexible and inclusive benefits.CompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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Central London

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Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:10:01 GMT

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