Professor Howard
Thomas
Howard Thomas is the Head of Department of Medicine A, Imperial College St
Mary’s Campus. Having trained in hepatology with Sheila Sherlock, Professor
Thomas built his own unit at Imperial College to become a significant international contributor. He is an acknowledged
world leader in the field and has a distinguished background in research on the
pathogenesis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C. Professor
Thomas is the editor of the textbook of Viral Hepatitis and the Journal of Viral
Hepatitis.
Dr Peter
Karayiannis
Peter Karayiannis is a Reader in Hepatology at Imperial College. Dr Karayiannis is a virologist of international standing and is responsible
for identifying and characterising some of the most important hepatitis virus
variants. He brings world class expertise in molecular virology.
Professor Graham
Foster
Professor Foster is a clinical academic Hepatologist at Queen Mary & Westfield
College London. He is a world renowned expert on the therapy of viral hepatitis with numerous
international invitations to give lectures. Having trained with Ian Kerr and
George Stark at ICRF Professor Foster has gone on to become an independent
expert on interferon biology.
Professor Adrian Hill
Professor Hill is one of a small number of scientists who have secured a
prestigious Principal Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust. He is internationally
renowned for his work on infectious diseases focused on genetic susceptibility
and vaccine development. Professor Hill is a founder of Oxxon Pharmaccines.