The Kennedy Trust & Medical Research Council co-fund a Daphne Jackson Fellow in Life Sciences & Biomedicine
We are delighted to announce that The Kennedy Trust and Medical Research Council (MRC) are co-funding a new Daphne Jackson Fellowship, supporting Dr Kate Coldwell. Kate will be starting her Fellowship on the 30th July 2024 at the Kennedy Institute...
Adrien Hallou joins Franco-British Young Leaders Programme
Dr Adrien Hallou, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust as a Group Leader in Tissue Biology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been announced as one of 20 new Young Leaders to join the Franco-British Council in 2024....
Dr Lizzy Rosser awarded prestigious Lister Prize
Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Dr Elizabeth (Lizzy) C. Rosser, based at University College London, has been awarded a research prize from the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine for her work on eye damage in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). JIA...
Professor Michael Dustin contributes to report on the future of healthcare
Professor Michael Dustin, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust through a Professorship in Molecular Immunology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has contributed to a new report on the future of healthcare, compiled by Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions...
PD-1 gets an “A” for team-work
Professor Michael Dustin, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust through a Professorship in Molecular Immunology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has contributed to a new understanding of the PD-1 axis (programmed death cell) that could help shape ongoing...
Professor Irina Udalova appointed to the MRC’s Infections and Immunity Board
Professor Irina Udalova, who is part-funded by the Kennedy Trust at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been appointed to the MRC’s Infections and Immunity Board (IIB). She will begin her two-year tenure in April 2024 and will actively support...
Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence officially opened
The Kennedy Trust has provided salary and equipment funding to support a partnership between the University of Oxford and ZEISS, bringing ground-breaking microscopy imaging equipment, and analysis tools, to advance the study of global health and disease. On February 21,...
Professor Adam Croft appointed as the Versus Arthritis Chair of Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham
Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Professor Adam Croft has been appointed as the new Versus Arthritis Chair of Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Research group at the University of Birmingham. The appointment recognises Professor Croft’s wealth of experience in...
Research Ignition Awards 2023: successful applicants announced
The Kennedy Trust launched its Research Ignition Awards in 2023, with the aim of pump-priming innovative and ambitious avenues of research into rheumatic and related musculoskeletal, immunological and inflammatory diseases. Following peer-review by an independent panel of experts, ten awards...
Medical Research Council funds VEXAS syndrome research
VEXAS syndrome is an autoinflammatory condition that leads to fevers, general inflammation, skin rash, anaemia and organ damage. It can affect almost any organ in the body, result in bone marrow failure and it is associated with reduced survival. A...