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Dr Richard Siow
Dr Richard Siow

Dr Richard Siow FRSB, FESPM

Director, Ageing Research at King's

  • Reader in Vascular Biology

Research interests

  • Ageing
  • Cardiovascular
  • Nutrition
  • Biomedical and life sciences
  • Preventative medicine
  • Population Health

Biography

Richard Siow is a graduate of King’s (BSc Nutrition, PhD Cardiovascular Physiology) and following postdoctoral research in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, he joined the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King's as a Lecturer in November 2001. He was previously Vice-Dean (International), Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty Lead for the King's College Service Committee.

Since 2015 he has been the Director of Ageing Research at King’s (ARK), a cross-university consortium of researchers taking a multidisciplinary approach to better understand the mechanisms of ageing, improving health-span and the social and economic impact of ageing.

He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Honorary Secretary General of the European Society for Preventive Medicine. and previously a visiting academic in the Healthy Longevity Centre at University of Zurich, Switzerland.

His research team focuses on the role of nutrigenomics and ageing on redox signalling in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and disease. He has numerous international collaborations including University of Oxford, University of Zurich, National University of Singapore, Harvard Medical School, Charite Berlin, Technical University of Dresden and University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Richard championed the Framework Partnership between King’s and Unilever through his research collaborations and one year sabbatical at their global R&D Centres, which led to the establishment of the Unilever Bioscience Innovation Hub at King's. Richard had also established the King’s India Summer Session at Unilever Bangalore, a unique international academic-industry educational initiative.

He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and Fellow of the European Society for Preventive Medicine, UK Lead for the International Society on Ageing & Disease. He was previously a Committee Member of the European Society for Microcirculation and Society for Free Radical Research - Europe.

Richard is the Specialty Chief Editor, Healthy Longevity Section of Frontiers in Ageing, an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition, member of the International Advisory Board of The Lancet Healthy Longevity and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and has been awarded over £4m in collaborative research funding.

    Research

    London landscape
    Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

    Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

    heart 2
    Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

    Cardiovascular - Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

    ageing
    Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

    Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

    News

    Report warns of potential AI has to perpetuate health inequalities

    Dr Richard Siow, Director of Ageing Research at King’s, presented a landmark report exploring the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare to the...

    Professor David Attwell, Dariel Burdass and Dr Richard Siow

    Dunedin Study receives £1.4m award to explore how aging works during midlife

    New MRC funding will allow the study, which has followed the lives of 1037 babies born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973, to examine participants at age...

    Woman digital scan AI iStock-1164014959

    Health Secretary speaks at launch of new ageing strategy

    The All Party Parliamentary Group for longevity launched a new strategy at King’s.

    Richard Siow Matt Hancock

    Events

    22FebClocks

    Epigenetic Clocks Connected with Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

    Special Hybrid Seminar on Epigenetic Clocks

    Please note: this event has passed.

    27SepShard-view

    European Society of Preventive Medicine - ARK Partnership Launch

    ARK European Society of Preventive Medicine Partnership

    Please note: this event has passed.

    18JulOnline_kcl_GFB_big_data

    Industry Leaders Focus-Group on Distributed Life Data Economy

    Industry Leaders focus-group on Distributed Life Data Economy

    Please note: this event has passed.

    21Aprdata image

    Web3: What if we owned our own data?

    Ageing Research at King's (ARK) Forum

    Please note: this event has passed.

    19NovARK LW 21

    Innovations in Consumer Longevity Data: A Global Perspective

    Longevity Week 2021 Innovations in Consumer Longevity Data: A Global Perspective

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      London landscape
      Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

      Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

      heart 2
      Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

      Cardiovascular - Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

      ageing
      Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

      Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

      News

      Report warns of potential AI has to perpetuate health inequalities

      Dr Richard Siow, Director of Ageing Research at King’s, presented a landmark report exploring the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare to the...

      Professor David Attwell, Dariel Burdass and Dr Richard Siow

      Dunedin Study receives £1.4m award to explore how aging works during midlife

      New MRC funding will allow the study, which has followed the lives of 1037 babies born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973, to examine participants at age...

      Woman digital scan AI iStock-1164014959

      Health Secretary speaks at launch of new ageing strategy

      The All Party Parliamentary Group for longevity launched a new strategy at King’s.

      Richard Siow Matt Hancock

      Events

      22FebClocks

      Epigenetic Clocks Connected with Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

      Special Hybrid Seminar on Epigenetic Clocks

      Please note: this event has passed.

      27SepShard-view

      European Society of Preventive Medicine - ARK Partnership Launch

      ARK European Society of Preventive Medicine Partnership

      Please note: this event has passed.

      18JulOnline_kcl_GFB_big_data

      Industry Leaders Focus-Group on Distributed Life Data Economy

      Industry Leaders focus-group on Distributed Life Data Economy

      Please note: this event has passed.

      21Aprdata image

      Web3: What if we owned our own data?

      Ageing Research at King's (ARK) Forum

      Please note: this event has passed.

      19NovARK LW 21

      Innovations in Consumer Longevity Data: A Global Perspective

      Longevity Week 2021 Innovations in Consumer Longevity Data: A Global Perspective

      Please note: this event has passed.