What is the Centre for Translational Medicine?
The Centre for Translational Medicine, or ‘CTM’ for short, is a collaboration between King’s College London and the three NHS Foundation Trusts that also make up King’s Health Partners. Funded by the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust and King’s, the CTM aims to speed up the time it takes for promising scientific breakthroughs in the lab to be translated into new ways of diagnosing conditions, new medical technologies and new treatments to improve patient care and outcomes.
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Introducing Professor Phil Newsome, Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine
In this video, Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine, Professor Phil Newsome, explains why he’s passionate about translational medicine, and his ambitions for the Centre.
Navigating a clinical research career, with Sam Irving and Victoria Butterworth
The King’s Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO) supports health professionals who are navigating a clinical academic career. Dr Sam Irving, KCATO Associate Director, sat down with Victoria Butterworth, a healthcare scientist who was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship from King’s Health Partners (KHP) Centre for Translational Medicine, to talk about their experiences of pursuing research as healthcare professionals.
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Sample testing and collaboration with the Clinical Diagnostics Development Unit
Dr Rocio Martinez Nunez and Dr Varsha Kanabar-Raivadera discuss how funding from the KHP Centre for Translational Medicine is helping the Clinical Diagnostic Development Unit develop its biological sample processing with data extraction, and assay development programme.
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How the KHP Centre for Translational Medicine is helping the Cardiovascular Biobank
The Cardiovascular Biobank was established in 2018 and is currently situated within the King’s College London Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, South Bank Section, St Thomas’ Campus. In 2024, it received funding from the KHP Centre for Translational Medicine, which has enabled a significant expansion of its resources. In this video KHP speaks to the team to learn more about the biobank, and how the funding is helping their vision to drive meaningful progress in cardiovascular health.