The Kennedy Trust has carried out its four-yearly review of the Kennedy Institute over a two-day site visit on 14-15th November. The Trust Scientific Review Board (TSRB) was made up of an eminent panel of international scientists including Professors Tim...

The Kennedy Trust is thrilled to support Dr Yang Luo, who joins the Kennedy Institute from Harvard Medical School as a KTRR Senior Research Fellow in Data Science and the Principal Investigator of the Luo Group. Dr Luo’s lab is...

In 1985, Professors Sir Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini identified Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFα) as a key component in diseases of inflammation. They suggested treatment for such diseases could improve by blocking TNFα. This discovery led to decades...

The Kennedy Trust has partnered with Versus Arthritis to fund a comprehensive scoping review on the ways of measuring, assessing, and treating chronic fatigue. Maximum Duration: 12 months Costs: £100,000 Application Deadline: 16:00 Monday 7 November 2022 Contact: awards@versusarthritis.org   A summary of the call...

The Kennedy Trust is delighted to welcome two new Fellows onto its prestigious Senior Research Fellowship scheme. Following a highly competitive recruitment process, Dr Sinisa Savic at the University of Leeds and Dr Elizabeth Rosser at University College London have...

The Kennedy Trust is delighted to announce that Dr Stephen Simpson will take over as its new Chief Executive Officer from 1 July 2022. Stephen joins the Trust with a background in medical research and in life sciences research funding. ...

Professor Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been appointed Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Medical Science. The Kennedy Trust extends its sincere...

Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Associate Professor Tal Arnon and colleagues at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have published an article in Immunity defining the mechanisms that enable resident memory B (BRM) cells to rapidly deliver antibodies at sites infected...

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (KIR) and the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM) have launched a new Biomedical Imaging centre with support from the Kennedy Trust. The first centre of its kind in the UK and Europe will...

Professor Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to immunology with an Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology. Read more here....