Immunity, Inflammation and Transplantation – Contact Details

photo of Immunity, Inflammation and Transplantation Theme lead: Professor Menna Clatworthy

Theme lead: Professor Menna Clatworthy

Menna Clatworthy grew up in south Wales, went to a Comprehensive school in Pontypool and read Medicine at Cardiff, graduating with several distinctions and honours.

She completed her professional training in kidney medicine at Cambridge and undertook a PhD at the University of Cambridge, investigating how antibodies contribute to immune responses in autoimmunity and infection.

Menna subsequently completed a post-doctoral Wellcome Trust Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, USA.

Menna leads a research group in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge and works as a Consultant Nephrologist, caring for patients with kidney transplants.

Her research focuses on how the immune system responses are influenced by different tissue environments and on developing better ways of controlling the immune system to prevent organ rejection.

She is also an active participant in the Human Cell Atlas Project, using cutting-edge technologies to better define cell types and functions in human organs.

Menna has published more than 120 papers, and the quality of her scientific work is recognised by her nomination to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences and EMBO.

She is also a Fellow and Director of Studies at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, where she supervises students and is an enthusiastic supporter and mentor of the next generation of biomedical researchers.

Contact: mrc38@cam.ac.uk

Prof Kourosh Saeb-Parsy

Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Reader

Area of Research: Organ Transplantation, stem cells for organ regeneration

Contact: ks10014@cam.ac.uk

Prof Paul Lehner

Honorary Consultant, Infectious Diseases

Area of Research: Viral Immune evasion

Contact: pjl30@cam.ac.uk

Prof David Jayne

Honorary Consultant, Nephrologist

Area of Research: Clinical research in vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Contact: David.jayne1@nhs.net

Prof Arthur Kaser

Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist

Area of Research: Inflammatory bowel disease

Contact: ak729@cam.ac.uk

Dr Rona Smith

Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Reader

Area of Research: Clinical trials and experimental medicine studies

Contact: ms50@medschl.cam.ac.uk

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