David Edwards
Head of Department, Perinatal Imaging and Health
Email: ad.edwards@kcl.ac.uk
PA Contact Details:
Michelle Hetherington
michelle.hetherington@kcl.ac.uk
020 718 89145
Qualifications
2011, DSc, Imperial College London
2010, MRCR, Imperial College London
2002, F.Med Sci., Imperial College London
1997, F.R.C.P.C.H, Imperial College London
1993, F.R.C.P, Imperial College London
1983, M.B.B.S. (with Distinctions), Imperial College London
1977, B.A. (First class honours), Oxon
Biography
Professor Edwards graduated from St. Peter’s College at Oxford University with First class honours in 1977, and from Guy’s Hospital Medical School with distinction in 1983. His qualifications since then include F.R.C.P (1993), F.R.C.P.C.H. (1997), F.Med Sci. (2002), M.R.C.R. (2010), DSc (Imperial College London) (2011)
He has been awarded the following prizes and distinctions:
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Open Scholarship, St Peters College, Oxford, 1975-7
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Sumnos Honores Prize, St Peters College Oxford, 1977
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Kennedy Scholarship, Harvard University, USA, 1977-8
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Arvo Yllpo Quinquennial International Gold Metal and Prize (€50,000), 2007
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NIHR Senior Investigator, 2008-
He has given the following prestige lectures:
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Teale Lecturer. Royal College of Physicians, 1995
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L.Stanley James Memorial Lecture, Columbia University USA, 1999
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Founders Lecture, British Association of Perinatal Medicine , 2004
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Keynote Lecture, European Society of Pediatric Research, 2004 & 2007
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Silverman Memorial Lecture, Children’s Hospital of New York, 2006
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Otto Woolf Lecture, University College London, 2009
Prior to joining Kings College London, he held the following roles:
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Weston Professor of Neonatal Medicine (1993-2012)
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Associate Director, UKCRN Medicines for Children Research Network (2006-2012)
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Head, Neonatal Medicine, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre (2000-2012)
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Honorary Consultant Neonatologist, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (1993-2012)
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Director, Imperial College Centre for the Developing Brain (2008-2012)
Research Interests
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Neuroinformatic analysis of the causes and consequences of prematurity
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Infection, immunology and brain injury
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Molecular imaging of inflammation and cell tracking
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Translational reseach in neural rescue therapies
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Stem Cell research
Group Members
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Denis Azzopardi
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Gareth Ball
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Isabelle Bisson
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Amy Butler
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Serena Counsell
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David Cox
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Harriet Cullen
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Ash Ederies
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Nuria Gonzales-Cinca
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Shona Falconer
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Alan Groves
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Chris Kelly
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Michelle Krishnan
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Phumza Nongena
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Hilary Toulmin
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Vana Wardley
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Julia Wurie
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Naomi Hayward
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Nazakat Merchant