Tanya specialises in wound repair and scarring, with a focus on cell differentiation and extracellular matrix. She gained her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa (Canada), researching ovarian cancer under the supervision of Professor Barbara Vanderhyden. Tanya then moved to the UK, where she began working on wound repair as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Paul Martin at the University of Bristol. She established her independent research group at St George’s, University of London, where she worked from 2009-2014. In 2014 she joined King’s, where she is now a team leader in the Centre for Inflammation Biology and Cancer Immunology, in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, and is a member of the Anatomy teaching department.

Research Interests

• Cell and molecular mechanisms of normal and pathological wound healing (namely skin scarring, and particularly keloids)
• Common mechanisms of fibrosis across organ systems (particularly skin compared to cardiovascular fibrosis and uterine fibroids)
• The architecture of fibrotic extracellular matrix and its instructive cues to cells
• Common molecular mediators of pathological scar sensations (pain, itch) and fibrosis
• Skin/dermis development