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A project led by Dr Driton Vllasaliu at King's is helping to strengthen research capacity in Kosovo, building scientific skills, facilities, and long-term partnerships.
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NanoKos project strengthens research capacity and international…
A project led by King’s College London is helping to strengthen the research and innovation capacity of Kosovo, building scientific skills, facilities, and long-term international partnerships.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A project led by Dr Driton Vllasaliu at King's is helping to strengthen research capacity in Kosovo, building scientific skills, facilities, and long-term partnerships.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/nanokos-proj...
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/nanokos-proj...
A recent pilot study from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, the Lambeth Services Users Council and the @lshtm.bsky.social reveals that people experiencing homelessness in South London face stigma and discrimination across multiple public and support systems. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...
People who are homeless in South London experience widespread stigma and discrimination | King's College London
A new pilot study led by researchers from King’s College London, the Lambeth Services Users Council and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine reveals that people experiencing homelessness i...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A recent pilot study from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, the Lambeth Services Users Council and the @lshtm.bsky.social reveals that people experiencing homelessness in South London face stigma and discrimination across multiple public and support systems. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...
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“Every maternal death is a tragedy, a failure to the mother, their family and their child.”
New research from @kingslsm.bsky.social has found that coroners' advice to prevent future maternal deaths is being ignored despite concerns.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coroner...
New research from @kingslsm.bsky.social has found that coroners' advice to prevent future maternal deaths is being ignored despite concerns.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coroner...
Coroners' advice to prevent future maternal deaths ignored | King's College London
Coroners’ advice to prevent future maternal deaths is not being acted upon, say researchers.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“Every maternal death is a tragedy, a failure to the mother, their family and their child.”
New research from @kingslsm.bsky.social has found that coroners' advice to prevent future maternal deaths is being ignored despite concerns.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coroner...
New research from @kingslsm.bsky.social has found that coroners' advice to prevent future maternal deaths is being ignored despite concerns.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coroner...
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Why do bad foods taste so good?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
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Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why do bad foods taste so good?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
In 2025, Mahdi Sadeghi received the Future Alumnus Award at the King’s Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Mahdi founded the Empathos Foundation, a UK charity delivering education and poverty-relief work.
Know someone inspiring?
Nominate them today: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings...
Mahdi founded the Empathos Foundation, a UK charity delivering education and poverty-relief work.
Know someone inspiring?
Nominate them today: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings...
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In 2025, Mahdi Sadeghi received the Future Alumnus Award at the King’s Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Mahdi founded the Empathos Foundation, a UK charity delivering education and poverty-relief work.
Know someone inspiring?
Nominate them today: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings...
Mahdi founded the Empathos Foundation, a UK charity delivering education and poverty-relief work.
Know someone inspiring?
Nominate them today: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings...
Many congratulations to recent graduate An Nakamura, named ‘Medical Student of the Year 2025’ at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards. An aspiring #CAMHS psychiatrist, An co-founded a startup that aims to support the development of emotional literacy. Well done An!
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Many congratulations to recent graduate An Nakamura, named ‘Medical Student of the Year 2025’ at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards. An aspiring #CAMHS psychiatrist, An co-founded a startup that aims to support the development of emotional literacy. Well done An!
New research shows that iron from supplements and fortified foods is well-absorbed in children living with virally suppressed HIV, and that administering iron supplements with prebiotics may enhance their effectiveness and improve their safety. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/iron-su...
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New research shows that iron from supplements and fortified foods is well-absorbed in children living with virally suppressed HIV, and that administering iron supplements with prebiotics may enhance their effectiveness and improve their safety. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/iron-su...
The Healthy Heart Trust has launched a new podcast series, chaired by Albert Ferro, Professor of Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology
The first episode, focuses on aortic aneurysms, cardiovascular health and prevention
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1DJL...
The first episode, focuses on aortic aneurysms, cardiovascular health and prevention
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1DJL...
Aortic Aneurysms
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November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Healthy Heart Trust has launched a new podcast series, chaired by Albert Ferro, Professor of Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology
The first episode, focuses on aortic aneurysms, cardiovascular health and prevention
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1DJL...
The first episode, focuses on aortic aneurysms, cardiovascular health and prevention
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1DJL...
Two King’s scientists have been awarded a share of prestigious EU grants worth €18 million for two projects
One seeks to understand the link between body fat and heart health, while the other aims find an equation to unify and explain complex systems
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
One seeks to understand the link between body fat and heart health, while the other aims find an equation to unify and explain complex systems
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
King's awarded share of €18m to study heart health and complex systems | King's College London
Two King’s scientists have been awarded a share of prestigious EU grants worth €18 million for projects that seek understand the link between body fat and heart health, and find an equation to unify a...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Two King’s scientists have been awarded a share of prestigious EU grants worth €18 million for two projects
One seeks to understand the link between body fat and heart health, while the other aims find an equation to unify and explain complex systems
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
One seeks to understand the link between body fat and heart health, while the other aims find an equation to unify and explain complex systems
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
Congratulations to some of our students who won a gold medal 🏅at this year’s iGEM, the world’s biggest synthetic biology competition. The team designed a cheap, accessible test for latent TB with the aim of helping to eradicate the disease. We are incredibly proud of them all! competition.igem.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congratulations to some of our students who won a gold medal 🏅at this year’s iGEM, the world’s biggest synthetic biology competition. The team designed a cheap, accessible test for latent TB with the aim of helping to eradicate the disease. We are incredibly proud of them all! competition.igem.org
At this year's Distinguished Alumni Awards, Medicine alum Dr Rachel Baggaley OBE received the #GlobalHealth award for outstanding contributions to global HIV, hepatitis, and STI programmes at the @who.int. To nominate for this year, visit www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings... before 1 January 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
At this year's Distinguished Alumni Awards, Medicine alum Dr Rachel Baggaley OBE received the #GlobalHealth award for outstanding contributions to global HIV, hepatitis, and STI programmes at the @who.int. To nominate for this year, visit www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/kings... before 1 January 2026.
People diagnosed with a gambling disorder are significantly more likely to die by suicide, according to new research by Swansea University in collaboration with King’s and Gambling Harm UK.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
People diagnosed with a gambling disorder are significantly more likely to die by suicide, according to new research by Swansea University in collaboration with King’s and Gambling Harm UK.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researc...
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Join the King’s Population Health Institute Vanguard Lecture with Professor Howard Bauchner on 17 November, 'From Quality Improvement to AI: 50 Years of Population Health Innovation - Lessons for the NHS'
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November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Join the King’s Population Health Institute Vanguard Lecture with Professor Howard Bauchner on 17 November, 'From Quality Improvement to AI: 50 Years of Population Health Innovation - Lessons for the NHS'
Register your interest by 12 November: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Register your interest by 12 November: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Obesity treatment risks becoming a ‘two-tier system’. Experts from @kingslsm.bsky.social and the Obesity Management Collaborative UK warn that the strict eligibility criteria mean the most vulnerable patients could miss out on the weight loss drug Mounjaro on the NHS.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/obesity...
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Obesity treatment risks becoming a 'two-tier system', researchers warn | King's College London
Treatment for obesity in the UK could become a “two-tier system” where the most vulnerable patients miss out altogether.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Obesity treatment risks becoming a ‘two-tier system’. Experts from @kingslsm.bsky.social and the Obesity Management Collaborative UK warn that the strict eligibility criteria mean the most vulnerable patients could miss out on the weight loss drug Mounjaro on the NHS.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/obesity...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/obesity...
Freshen your perspective on the language of healthcare.
Join artist Sue Mayo for a creative poetry workshop exploring how words shape care.
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📅 Tue 4 Nov, 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Museum of Life Sciences, Guy’s Campus SE1 1UL
#MediCulture #Poetry #Healthcare
Join artist Sue Mayo for a creative poetry workshop exploring how words shape care.
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📅 Tue 4 Nov, 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Museum of Life Sciences, Guy’s Campus SE1 1UL
#MediCulture #Poetry #Healthcare
Book Now – Poetry Workshop: Playing with Words – Museum of Life Sciences, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus
Poetry Workshop: Playing with Words – Museum of Life Sciences, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, Tue 4 Nov 2025 - Freshen your perspective on familiar healthcare words and phrases in this creative, thou...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Freshen your perspective on the language of healthcare.
Join artist Sue Mayo for a creative poetry workshop exploring how words shape care.
www.tickettailor.com/events/medic...
📅 Tue 4 Nov, 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Museum of Life Sciences, Guy’s Campus SE1 1UL
#MediCulture #Poetry #Healthcare
Join artist Sue Mayo for a creative poetry workshop exploring how words shape care.
www.tickettailor.com/events/medic...
📅 Tue 4 Nov, 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Museum of Life Sciences, Guy’s Campus SE1 1UL
#MediCulture #Poetry #Healthcare
A new study shows that the use of a simple maternity innovation that measures the mother’s blood pressure and pulse can be scaled nationally in Sierra Leone to aid early detection of maternal complications.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/use-of-...
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/use-of-...
Use of blood pressure and pulse monitoring device shows promise for maternal health in Sierra Leone | King's College London
A new study shows that the use of a simple maternity innovation that measures the mother’s blood pressure and pulse can be scaled nationally in Sierra Leone to aid early detection of maternal complica...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new study shows that the use of a simple maternity innovation that measures the mother’s blood pressure and pulse can be scaled nationally in Sierra Leone to aid early detection of maternal complications.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/use-of-...
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/use-of-...
Scientists have successfully applied a new technology that disarms one of the most potent weapons cancer cells use to weaken the effects of chemotherapy drugs
Read more:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...
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New King's technology restores chemotherapy effectiveness against resistant cancer cells | King's College London
Scientists from King’s have successfully applied a new technology that disarms one of the most potent weapons cancer cells use to weaken the effects of chemotherapy drugs.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Scientists have successfully applied a new technology that disarms one of the most potent weapons cancer cells use to weaken the effects of chemotherapy drugs
Read more:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...
Read more:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...
King’s has been awarded a grant worth £2.7m to take OnchyMed – a “first-in-class” treatment for nail fungal infections – into clinical trials
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October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
King’s has been awarded a grant worth £2.7m to take OnchyMed – a “first-in-class” treatment for nail fungal infections – into clinical trials
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
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A new antibody developed by @kingslsm.bsky.social scientists restricts the growth of aggressive breast cancers.
Latching onto cancer cells and drawing in immune cells, the antibody activates the immune system more powerfully than current treatments.
#ScienceAtKings @breastcancernow.bsky.social
Latching onto cancer cells and drawing in immune cells, the antibody activates the immune system more powerfully than current treatments.
#ScienceAtKings @breastcancernow.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A new antibody developed by @kingslsm.bsky.social scientists restricts the growth of aggressive breast cancers.
Latching onto cancer cells and drawing in immune cells, the antibody activates the immune system more powerfully than current treatments.
#ScienceAtKings @breastcancernow.bsky.social
Latching onto cancer cells and drawing in immune cells, the antibody activates the immune system more powerfully than current treatments.
#ScienceAtKings @breastcancernow.bsky.social
People of African-Caribbean ethnicity with Type 2 diabetes are a third more likely to develop sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy than other ethnic groups
The study highlights urgent inequalities in diabetes-related eye disease
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/african...
The study highlights urgent inequalities in diabetes-related eye disease
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/african...
African-Caribbean ethnicity key risk factor for sight-threatening diabetic eye disease | King's College London
People of African-Caribbean ethnicity with Type 2 diabetes are a third more likely to develop a condition called sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) than other ethnic groups, according to re...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
People of African-Caribbean ethnicity with Type 2 diabetes are a third more likely to develop sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy than other ethnic groups
The study highlights urgent inequalities in diabetes-related eye disease
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/african...
The study highlights urgent inequalities in diabetes-related eye disease
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/african...
Meet Mark Hughes, a final-year medical student at King’s who took on the role of President of the King’s Ophthalmology Society for the 2024/25 academic year.
🔗 Read the interview here: www.kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-wi...
🔗 Read the interview here: www.kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-wi...
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Meet Mark Hughes, a final-year medical student at King’s who took on the role of President of the King’s Ophthalmology Society for the 2024/25 academic year.
🔗 Read the interview here: www.kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-wi...
🔗 Read the interview here: www.kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-wi...
Dr Elizabeth Tissingh, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of King's Global Health Partnerships' work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to health in the DRC.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/dr-elizabeth...
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/dr-elizabeth...
Dr Elizabeth Tissingh awarded MBE for services to health in the…
Dr Elizabeth Tissingh, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of King
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October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Dr Elizabeth Tissingh, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of King's Global Health Partnerships' work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to health in the DRC.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/dr-elizabeth...
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/dr-elizabeth...
As the festivals of Diwali and Bandi Chhor approach, we’d like to extend our heartfelt wishes to all our students and staff. May this season bring joy, prosperity, and light into your lives.
Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor!
Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor!
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
As the festivals of Diwali and Bandi Chhor approach, we’d like to extend our heartfelt wishes to all our students and staff. May this season bring joy, prosperity, and light into your lives.
Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor!
Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor!
🎉Congratulations to two of our medical students, Iyinoluwa Popoola and Pettiann Bhoorasingh for securing coveted Aggrey Burke fellowships from the Royal College of Psychiatrists!
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #PowerAndPride2025
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #PowerAndPride2025
Meet our Aggrey Burke Fellows
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October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🎉Congratulations to two of our medical students, Iyinoluwa Popoola and Pettiann Bhoorasingh for securing coveted Aggrey Burke fellowships from the Royal College of Psychiatrists!
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #PowerAndPride2025
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #PowerAndPride2025
Congratulations to Professors Ana Rodriguez-Mateos and Ben Challacombe, who delivered their Inaugural Lectures tonight at Guy’s Campus.
Learn more and find full details of the upcoming talks in our Inaugural Lectures series: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...
Learn more and find full details of the upcoming talks in our Inaugural Lectures series: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to Professors Ana Rodriguez-Mateos and Ben Challacombe, who delivered their Inaugural Lectures tonight at Guy’s Campus.
Learn more and find full details of the upcoming talks in our Inaugural Lectures series: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...
Learn more and find full details of the upcoming talks in our Inaugural Lectures series: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...