Clinical Professor of Haematology and Head of Department of Haematology

Job id: 092205

Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Department: Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Location: Denmark Hill Campus

About Us

King’s is one of the top UK universities, ranked 35th in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2023) and the fourth oldest university in England, based in the heart of London. King’s has over 33,000 students from some 190 countries, and over 8,500 employees. King’s is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of about £1BN (2021). As a member of the Russell Group, an association of leading UK research-intensive universities, King’s is committed to maintaining the highest standards in research and education. King’s is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres spread across its three teaching hospitals.

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) is one of the largest and most successful centres for biomedical research and education in the UK. The Faculty is configured as six Schools and the cross-cutting Centre for Education and has unparalleled expertise in basic, translational and clinical research, deployed to inform and deliver our education programmes, enhance clinical innovation and serve our communities. King’s was ranked 10th in the world for Clinical, Pre-Clinical & Health in the Times Higher Rankings for 2023. The Faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award and has a comprehensive programme of initiatives to support an inclusive environment and culture, and promote diversity across our staff and student communities, as well as the leadership of the Faculty.

King’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the School for Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences
King’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) headed by Professor Anita Grigoriadis (interim) is the academic arm of King’s Health Partners' Comprehensive Cancer Centre (KHP CCC), one of the leading cancer centres in Europe. KHP CCC brings together world-class clinical services, delivered by our NHS partners, research and education for the benefit of cancer patients in south-east London and beyond. Research at the CCC has a strong and broad base of funding, including strategic investments such as the King’s partnership in the Cancer Research UK City of London Centre (CRUK CoL), CRUK RadNet, the KHP Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) and Breast Cancer Now Research Unit, alongside major research programmes delivered in partnership with colleagues in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine (e.g. School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences) and beyond.

Our Research priorities

Early detection and treatment of cancer including recurrence after treatment Cancer immunology and immunotherapy Enhancing the knowledge transfer between solid tumour and haematological oncology disciplines Integrative multimodality analysis (including machine learning) for precision medicine

We are committed to training future researchers and currently have over 80 students studying for a PhD in the Centre. We also run a very successful MRes in Translational Cancer Medicine.

King’s Health Partners Haematology brings together haematology clinical services, alongside clinically focused research led by world-renowned academics. We ensure our expertise and knowledge is shared globally through our education and training programme.

The King’s College Hospital (KCH) Department of Haematological Medicine is a leading centre for the care of patients with blood disorders, and provides specialist diagnostic investigations and treatments for a wide range of blood, bone marrow and spleen disorders. As one of the largest centres for haemoglobin disorders in the UK, KCH provides specialist day unit, outpatient and inpatient services to diagnose and treat sickle cell and thalassaemia. The clinical service also offers specialist treatment for all types of anaemia, platelet disorders, polycythaemia (high red cell count), iron metabolism disorders such as haemochromatosis (iron overload) and abnormal white cell count, and offers specialist transfusions advice for pregnant women, patients with special requirements and patients who refuse blood products. Further information on King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s clinical services can be found here.

About the Role

We wish to appoint an outstanding individual as Clinical Professor in Haematology and Head of the Department of Haematology within the Comprehensive Cancer Centre, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences. We are especially interested in individuals with an academic track record and interest in either haemato-oncology, stem cell transplantation, advanced therapies (either oncological or non-oncological) or patient stratification. In addition to pursuing their own state-of-the-art programme, the postholder will provide strategic leadership for academic haematology including research, education and mentorship of early career clinical and non-clinical scientists.