Research from the Kusumbe group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology suggests vasculature attrition, including pericyte to fibroblast differentiation, is an early hallmark of tissue aging in multiple organs. Read more here....

A preliminary study from Professor Katja Simon’s research group at the Kennedy Institute shows that a drug which helps immune cells self-clean may improve vaccine protection in older adults. Read more here....

Research from Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Anjali Kusumbe’s group at the Kennedy Institute has shown a direct correlation between age-related decline in capillary and artery numbers and hormone production in the endocrine system. Read more here....

Mindful of the importance of clinician scientists and the key role they play in translating discovery into clinical use, the Trust is delighted to announce the launch of its MB PhD scheme. The programme supports aspiring clinician scientists to undertake...

A trial led by Professor Chris Buckley, Kennedy Professor of Translational Rheumatology at the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham, has explored the effectiveness of otilimab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Read more here....

Professor Marco Fritzsche has been jointly funded by the Kennedy Trust and the Rosalind Franklin Institute to join the Kennedy Institute as the Principal Investigator of the Biophysical Immunology Laboratory (BPI). His lab is leading the development of a lattice...