Professor Victoria Salem
RD Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine
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Biography
Vicky Salem undertook her undergraduate clinical training at UCL, and a PhD in Neuroendocrinology at Imperial. Her clinical academic career has spanned experimental medicine studies of the effects of gut hormones on human appetite and glucose regulation and the generation of advanced imaging platforms and animal models of metabolic disease. She spent four productive years in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial establishing organ on chip models to enhance her study of pancreatic islet biology and to establish a footprint in regenerative medicine for type 1 diabetes.
As the awardee of a DUK Grand Challenge fellowship she is currently leading a team of material scientists and stem cell biologists towards a cell based cure for diabetes. As a proud member of the outstanding clinical diabetes team at King's, Vicky delivers a T1D clinic at Kings College Hospital and contributes to the clinical academic success of our islet transplant programme.
Research
Islet Biology Research Group
Our group studies the fundamental science of islets of Langerhans, from the molecular biology of beta-cells to their effects on whole body physiology. We research the mechanisms of islet dysfunction during type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, identify novel therapeutic targets, and work to improve islet transplantation therapy for type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes Research Group
We are experimental medicine researchers and clinical academics performing mechanistic and clinical studies, using qualitative, quantitative and neuroimaging techniques, and clinical trials to investigate aspects of diabetes, including mechanisms and treatment of hypoglycaemia, eating disorders and appetite control.
- BSc Physiology MB BS (iBSC project supervisor)
Research
Islet Biology Research Group
Our group studies the fundamental science of islets of Langerhans, from the molecular biology of beta-cells to their effects on whole body physiology. We research the mechanisms of islet dysfunction during type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, identify novel therapeutic targets, and work to improve islet transplantation therapy for type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes Research Group
We are experimental medicine researchers and clinical academics performing mechanistic and clinical studies, using qualitative, quantitative and neuroimaging techniques, and clinical trials to investigate aspects of diabetes, including mechanisms and treatment of hypoglycaemia, eating disorders and appetite control.
- BSc Physiology MB BS (iBSC project supervisor)