Top kidney expert appointed as paediatrics professor
21 January 2010
Internationally renowned children’s kidney researcher Professor Adrian Woolf has been appointed to the Chair of Paediatric Science at the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
Run by Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester, the BRC aims to translate scientific discoveries into new treatments for patients.
Professor Woolf moves to Manchester from the University College London Institute of Child Health, where he set up and headed the academic Nephro-Urology Unit in 1998. Since qualifying in Medicine in 1981, he has established an outstanding reputation for his research work, focusing on the normal mechanisms of kidney and urinary tract development and how these processes go wrong in children born with renal malformations.
Professor Woolf will work between The University of Manchester and the new Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. His main role will be to head an academic programme of basic and applied research, and he will also work with the Nephrology, Urology and Genetics clinical teams looking after children born with renal tract problems.
Welcoming Adrian Woolf, the BRC’s Director Professor Graeme Black said: “Adrian is an outstanding addition to the BRC team, bringing a wealth of research expertise and a tremendous commitment to finding a solution to kidney problems which are potentially fatal for children.”
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