Members of this Division are motivated to advance the way we manage patients and to improve health for those with disease of the liver and gastrointestinal tract."
Professor Mark Thursz
Head of Division
The Division of Digestive Diseases, headed by Professor Mark Thursz, is distributed across three campuses of Imperial as well as the associated NHS Trusts (Imperial College Healthcare, Chelsea & Westminster and Northwick Park/St Marks). The Division of Digestive Diseases is dedicated to research on common liver diseases such as viral hepatitis, alcohol and non-alcoholic liver disease, gastrointestinal disorders and problems arising from over and under nutrition. Research competency spans basic science to public health with strong expertise in clinical trials.
In order to inspire the next generation of scientists and clinical investigators we host research training opportunities, as well as a number of undergraduate and post-graduate courses.
Digestive Diseases
Areas of Study
Division leadership
Mark Thursz is a professor of hepatology at Imperial and a consultant in hepatology at St Mary's Hospital, London. His clinical interests are in viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and fatty liver disease. He is currently interested in developing programmes for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection in resource poor settings to reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Professor Thursz research interests are focused on the natural history of viral hepatitis and fatty liver disease and the factors which determine chronic infection and progressive liver disease. He has a special interest in the genetic determinants of disease outcomes using genetic association and genome wide scanning to identify causative variants.
Enquiries
Please forward divisional enquiries to Dawn Campbell (PA to Prof Thursz):
d.campbell@imperial.ac.uk
0203 312 6454
