Director of the Joint Translational Cardiovascular Institute

William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (0.5FTE) and

University College London Institute of Cardiovascular Science (0.5FTE)

Institute(s) William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (0.5FTE) and University College London Institute of Cardiovascular Science (0.5FTE)

Grade Professor (Honorary Consultant)Salary By negotiationReporting to Vice Principal Health (QMUL) and Vice Provost

Health (UCL)Key relationships and accountability William Harvey Research Institute Co-Directors

and the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Director

Appointment period Appointment to this post will be made on an indefinite basis.

Hours of work Full-time (QMUL 0.5FTE; UCL 0.5FTE)

We seek a Director for the newly formed QMUL-UCL Joint Translational Cardiovascular Institute (JTCI). The Institute has been created to harness the translational research opportunities provided by the co-localisation of many of the clinical cardiovascular services of UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Barts Health NHS Trust at the new Barts Heart Centre, along with allied clinical academic research groups from both UCL and QMUL. These are connected to complementary clinical service and research activities at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as part of UCL Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Translational cardiovascular research activities at each of these sites will contribute to the JTCI.

The Director will be appointed to a Chair at Queen Mary University of London and at UCL. He/she will have responsibility for translational cardiovascular research at the partner universities and participating Trusts, where an honorary clinical contract will be offered. He/ she will Chair the Board of the new JTCI, the UCLP Academic Health Sciences Programme Board and will sit on the Cardiovascular Academic Group Board of the Barts Health NHS Trust (the strategic management board of the Barts Heart Centre).

The Director will have achieved international recognition for their track record in translational cardiovascular research, and will have experience in managing and leading a large research group, centre, department or institute.

Main Responsibilities of the post-holder:

The Director will be expected to:

Develop and implement a strategic vision for translational research and education at JTCI, with the aim of international prominence in the next 5 years.

Lead bids for research funds; and generate educational income and philanthropic support to enable the mission of the JTCI.

Foster a culture of excellence and ensure the highest standards of research and educational performance of JTCI staff.

Provide oversight of translational cardiovascular research aligned to the overall research strategy of QMUL and UCL.

Lead a research group in any field relevant to translational cardiovascular science, forging collaborations across the partner organisations and beyond, as appropriate

Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged in research, postdoctoral research workers and research assistants, as appropriate.

Publish research results using well-regarded means, such as high impact factor peer-reviewed academic journals and conference proceedings from both Queen Mary and UCL in the spirit of JCTI.

Develop and maintain national and international research links and a high profile in the subject or field, e.g. by attending and presenting at national and international conferences.

Contribute to the organisation, delivery and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate education at QMUL and UCL.

Contribute to clinical service delivery of at one or more of the participating Trusts according to their interests and expertise with the blend of research and academic work to be based on a job plan to be agreed with the incumbent

Contribute to the infrastructure development for the embedding of translational research in clinical care

Contribute to the wider academic and NHS agenda of UCL Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and Network through Leadership of the UCLP Academic Health Sciences Centre Cardiovascular AMC. This post will be vital to the success of National Institute for Health Research infrastructure at Barts, Great Ormond St and UCLH.

Ensure that all research is undertaken according to College and NHS Trust protocols and governance arrangements.

Undertake such administrative, managerial and other duties reasonably expected of a senior member of clinical academic staff, as agreed with the Deans, Vice Principal Health QMUL, the Vice Provost Health, UCL and the Clinical Academic Group Executive Director at Barts Heart Centre

The QMUL-UCL Joint Translational Cardiovascular Institute (JTCI)JTCI is a new Institute linked to William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL (Co-Directors Professor Mark Caulfield, Professor Mauro Perretti and Deputy Director, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia) and UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science (Director, Professor Aroon Hingorani) (see Organisational Chart). JTCI is structure responsible for the clinical translation of basic and experimental science work undertaken by the partner organisations. The JTCI Director will draw resources from the UCL ICS and UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences and the William Harvey Research Institute and report to a reference oversight committee comprising the Principal QMUL, Vice Principal for Health at QMUL and Vice Provost (Health) at UCL.

The JTCI is connected to the UCL Institute of CV Science and the William Harvey Research Institute. A Joint Reference Group will oversee establishment of the institute

It will form the major component of the Cardiovascular Academic Medical Centre (AMC) of the UCL Partners (UCLP) Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) to which the partner universities and NHS Trusts contribute (current Director: Professor Mark Caulfield). The Cardiovascular AMC reports to the AHSC Planning and Performance Committee, along with AMCs focused on Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Child Health, Inflammation and Immunity and others. The post-holder is also accountable to the Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group at Barts Health for the provision of clinical services, and for associated managerial and administrative functions relating to research and education, or to the relevant Medical Director at UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder will observe all appropriate policies, protocols and procedures whilst undertaking clinical work with the relevant Trusts.

The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of LondonThe William Harvey Research Institute (WHRI) at QMUL is one of the largest multidisciplinary pharmacological institutes in Europe, with 380 scientists, clinician scientists, post-doctoral fellows, postgraduate students and support/administrative staff drawn from 45 nations. Our research and training activities are focused upon three disease- oriented scientific areas: Cardiovascular – Inflammation – Endocrinology. In 2011 we opened a £25 million translational cardiovascular research building which complements the £400 million St Bartholomew’s Hospital which is home to the new Barts Heart Centre. Three of our cardiovascular faculty are amongst the most highly cited in the world (Thomson Reuters).

UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science (ICS) and UCL Cardiovascular NetworkLocated in the UCL Faculty of Population Sciences (Dean: Professor Graham Hart), one of four Faculties comprising UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences (Vice-Provost Health: Professor David Lomas), ICS brings together basic and clinical scientists from UCL and expert clinicians from UCL partner hospitals to provide:

• Innovative research for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the heart and circulation• World-class teaching and training in the cardiovascular sciences• Forward-thinking policy development for effective cardiovascular disease management

ICS research is broad, spanning discovery-based laboratory science, clinical translation and experimental medicine, as well as healthcare evaluation, implementation and policy. Much of the work is interdisciplinary, integrating with UCL Engineering, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Behavioural Science, and the UCL Genetics Institute amongst others. ICS has a strong relationship with UCLH NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, which has a 5-year cardio-metabolic theme. There is a flourishing link with leading cardiovascular scientists and clinicians at Yale University through the Yale UCL Collaborative.

Because of the intimate links between vascular biology and diseases of other organs and systems, much of UCL’s cardiovascular research is interdisciplinary, and is undertaken in other component institutes of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences and in the Faculties of Life (FLS), Medical (FMS), and Brain Sciences (FBS). The bring this large network of investigators together with those in UCL ICS, UCL has also created a virtual UCL Cardiovascular Network.

UCL and Queen Mary University of LondonFurther information on the partner universities are provided in the Appendix.

Specific requirements of the post holder and job plan:The incumbent will have 5 notional PAs for academic work comprising leadership, research, teaching, enabling activity and enterprise, and 5 notional PAs for clinical work with a maximum of 3 Direct Clinical Care Programmed Activities. Research productivity will be assessed according to the QMUL and UCL performance standards for academic staff (see Appendix). The post-holder is required to secure or have full registration with the General Medical Council. Medical Staff are advised to continue membership of one of the medical defence organisations. An honorary consultant contract will be provided with the Barts Health NHS Trust and UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and any of the other participating Trusts according to the needs and activities of the Director.

The post-holder must have an awareness and understanding of clinical governance issues, and is expected to participate in Clinical Governance activities related to their clinical work. The post holder is expected to participate in the Trust’s clinical effectiveness activities, and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services. The post-holder will assist with the safeguarding of high standards of care by participating in the creation of an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.

The post-holder is required to participate fully in the joint College/Trust appraisal process and to maintain an appropriate portfolio of work activities for revalidation purposes.

The post holder is expected to take responsibility for their own Continuing Professional Development and take part in Continuing Medical Education activities, in line with the requirements of the Royal College of Physicians Guidelines.

The post-holder must be committed to the concept of lifelong learning and produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with their Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group Director at Barts Health and Vice Principal/Vice Provost. Continuing medical education is essential: time and financial support from the Trust is available for participation in this.

As part of their clinical supporting programmed activities, the post-holder may be asked to participate in the teaching and training of junior staff in Cardiology as appropriate, visiting research fellows (including from overseas) and those undertaking higher degrees.

The post holder is expected to work closely with the NHS Service Managers and the Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group at Barts Health in the management and administration of resources and to be active in promoting changes which improve the delivery of service to patients.

An office, personal computer (with internet access), secretarial support and other facilities, including access to current books and journals is provided.

The post holder is expected to undertake the appropriate management responsibilities, and be aware of individual responsibilities in accordance with the Trust’s Health and Safety policy and report as necessary, any untoward accident, incident or potentially hazardous environment. The post holder will promote and implement the Health and Safety Policy. The Trust and the Universities operates a No Smoking Policy.The post-holder must ensure they are fully aware of and comply with the policies and procedures in relation to confidentiality, health and safety at work, COSHH regulations, infection control, safe handling of drugs, and all local safety rules regarding fire, chemical, radioisotope and gene manipulation hazards of the relevant Universities and Trusts. There is a mandatory training manual and programme for all NHS Consultants which must be completed for successful revalidation.The post-holder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the College’s and Trust’s equal opportunities policy.

The post-holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of electronically stored personal data in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Due to the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provision of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemption Order 1975). Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, including those which, for other purposes are “spend” under the provisions of the Act. Failure to disclose such information may result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

Appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment health screening carried out by the Trust and College following recommendation for appointment.

This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibility entailed.

The duties of the post outlined above are not exhaustive, and the post-holder is expected to be co-operative and flexible, undertaking such other duties as may from time to time be reasonably expected of a senior member of clinical academic staff in a university.

These duties will be subject to review in line with the changing requirements of the University, School, College or Trust, and with the development needs of the post-holder as identified through regular review/appraisal processes.

Indicative Job PlanThe exact content of the job plan may be subject to review and negotiation with the post-holder. All job plans are reviewed on at least an annual basis. In the table below the job plan is flexible and the programmed activities are labelled as academic (5 programmed activities), Direct Clinical Care (DCC = 3 programmed activities) and supporting professional activities (SPA= 2 programmed activities)

Day Time Location Work Categorisation

No. of Pas

Monday 9-5 TBC Leadership/Research Academic 1

Tuesday9-1 TBC Research Academic 11-5 TBC Leadership Academic 1

Wednesday

9-1 TBC Leadership Academic 11-5 Barts Heart

Centre and other sites as needed

Clinical Leadership or research activity

DCC 1

Thursday

9-1 Barts Heart Centre and other sites as needed

Clinical Research or activity

DCC 1

1-5 TBC NHS R&D leadership SPA 1

Friday

8-12 Barts Heart Centre and other sites as needed

Clinical Leadership or research activity

DCC 1

1-5 Barts Heart Centre and other sites as needed

NHS R&D leadership SPA 1

Emergency On-call work

On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to & from site

TBCDirect clinical care

0

NHS Direct Clinical Care (including unpredictable on-call)NHS Supporting Professional Activities (incl NHS-led teaching & research)Academic (Teaching/Research/Admin)TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES

31

610

This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.

The post holder will be expected to maintain strong communications with faculty and staff within WHRI/QMUL and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences /UCL by consulting, discussing and reporting on strategic matters.

They will be expected to have extensive liaison with clinical academic and academic staff at all levels across the Joint Institute.

The post holder will be expected to ensure excellent communication with senior management within the organisation.

To liaise with senior members of the clinical academic staff, as agreed with the DOIs and the Clinical Academic Group Director to ensure that appropriate administrative, managerial and other duties are undertaken.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential DesirableQualifications MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

MRCP. CCST in Cardiology or equivalent experience and

formal training Must have satisfied the academic criteria1 for

award of academic title of Professor* through the University of London appointments/promotions procedures.

PhD or other higher degree

Previous experience

Considerable high calibre leadership experience with clear evidence of world-leading capability

Evidence of highest calibre research programme with high impact publication and research grants

Successful strategic bids, major infrastructure awards and research grant awards

Clinical experience in CV Medicine Experience of management, e.g. participation in committee work

Special skills and knowledge

Extremely strong leadership in a Higher Education environment

Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff

Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical effectiveness and a demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients

Ability to manage staff and resources effectively Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and

other professionals in hospital and community Ability to develop research projects and

supervise trainees in their researchPersonal Qualities

Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues A demonstrative ability to cope under pressure Team player with demonstrable leadership

experience. Good communication skills

Other Requirements

Full GMC Registration A demonstrable commitment to teaching and

research

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APPENDIX I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

1 Background

Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK's leading research-focused higher education institutions. With around 17,840 students, 4,000 staff and an annual turnover of £300m, we are one of the biggest University of London colleges. We teach and undertake research across a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, law, medicine and dentistry, and science and engineering.

Our Research Excellence

Queen Mary has made a strategic commitment to the highest quality of research. We have invested in this principle by systematically recruiting the best academics in their disciplines from around the world. The results of the most recent national assessment of research – the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) – have confirmed our place in the very top group of research-led universities in the UK. Overall we were ranked 9th in the UK among multi-faculty universities and 5th in the UK for the percentage of our 3* and 4* research outputs.

Queen Mary University of London has made major investments at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry since 2002. This led to a dramatic step change in research performance in the 2008 and 2014 UK Research Assessment Exercise/Research Excellence Framework with 90% of research at internationally excellent or world-leading level. Our research strengths are focused into six Institutes and this structure has formed the basis for the School’s subsequent investment in research (please click on the hyperlinks):

Barts Cancer Institute Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science Institute of Health Sciences Education Institute of Dentistry William Harvey Research Institute Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine

Russell Group Institution

Queen Mary is one of 24 leading UK universities represented by the Russell Group, that are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, excellent graduate employability and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.

High-quality Learning Experience

Queen Mary offers outstanding students a stimulating, supportive and high-quality learning experience, with teaching inspired by our world-leading research. We have also invested more than £250m in new facilities over the last fifteen years to offer our students an exceptional learning environment. This is reflected in our consistently high levels of student satisfaction. In the most recent National Student Survey (NSS 2015), 86 per cent of our undergraduates expressed 'overall satisfaction' with their time here, with eight subjects in the top ten nationally, nine subjects rated as top in London, and 20 out of 28 subjects in the top five in London.

2 Targets of the School

To advance its performance and reputation as a major international research institution and as a destination of preference for outstanding researchers both nationally and internationally.

To increase the School’s total externally funded research expenditure by 15% p.a. To achieve the highest ratings in the Research Excellence Framework in 2021 and increase

Queen Mary’s performance in relation to research expenditure, research publications, numbers of research assistants and research higher degree completions.

To increase ‘third stream’ activities (knowledge transfer, interaction with business and the community, consultancies) by 15% p.a.

To provide high quality education to its under-graduate and post-graduate students.

3 Performance Standards

All academic staff are performance managed by analysing their research activity in terms of their publication quality, grant expenditure, research assistants and students and determining financial cut-offs for each new level of post that reflected fairly the level of research activity that could be expected from individuals at different times in their career. Three categories of post are identified in our School structure: Principal Investigators (PI) and Teaching/Research (TR) posts and Teaching Scholarship Posts (TS). This post is at Principal Investigator level.

4 Academic posts within the School

PI, TR and TS academic contracts will be based on the concept of a working week whose content is indicated as a ratio of specified groups of related activity.

Clinical academics will contribute to the programmed activities pro rata to the non-clinical element of their contract on the basis of a 40-hour working week.

5 Principal Investigator (PI)- this post

This post will be at Principal Investigator level are responsible for the delivery of the School’s research agenda. Leadership and Research time is protected in order to maximise their productivity and therefore a reduced level of commitment to teaching and support activities is required from these posts. A PI may make a maximal weekly contribution of around 3-4 hours of teaching activity of which 1.5-2 hours (66-88 hours/year) will be direct student contact time but for this post we envisage this will be much less.

Research Performance Targets:

Annual externally funded research expenditure of >£200K (typically £130k charitable sources and £70k Research Council or equivalent sources)

Publishing in non-discipline specific high impact factor journals – e.g. Lancet/PNAS/Science/Nature

Publishing in top specialist journals with the highest impact factors in the field Supervision of two research students/year Supervision two research assistants/year Some evidence of ‘third stream’ activities (knowledge transfer, interaction with business and

the community, consultancies)

6 Process of Managing Research Performance

Performance targets for clinical academics will be managed in a similar manner to that of non-clinical staff. The performance targets will be set at the beginning of the appraisal year. Staff will be performance managed by their managers throughout the year on progression towards their objectives.

APPENDIX IIADDITIONAL INFORMATION

UCL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCE

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

UCL recognises that in our society, individuals and groups are discriminated against both directly and indirectly on the grounds of: age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender, HIV status, marital, social or economic status, nationality, race, religious beliefs, responsibility for dependents’, sexual orientation, trades union membership or unrelated criminal convictions.

To counteract discrimination, UCL is committed to actively opposing all forms of discrimination, raising awareness and tackling the causes and consequences. It is committed to providing a learning and working environment in which the rights and dignity of all its members are respected and which is free from discrimination, prejudice, intimidation and all forms of harassment including bullying; to making staff and students feel valued, motivated and enabled to do their best work and to creating a safe, welcoming working environment accessible to all.

We particularly welcome applications from black and ethnic minority candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at this level

ICS holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award. We support the Athena beliefs that:

The advancement of science, engineering and technology (SET) is fundamental to quality of life across the globe.

It is vitally important that women are adequately represented in what has traditionally been, and is still, a male-dominated area.

Science cannot reach its full potential unless it can benefit from the talents of the whole population, and until women and men can benefit equally from the opportunities it affords.

LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY

School of Life and Medical SciencesSupplementary information

UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS) brings together four UCL Faculties to create one of the largest and most prestigious aggregations of academics in biomedical, life and population health sciences. The School has a global reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. A full profile of the School can be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/about-us .

In 2011, SLMS was restructured into four Faculties of (i) Brain Sciences (ii) Life Sciences (iii) Medical Sciences and (iv) Population Health Sciences. These structural changes have further enhanced the exceptionally strong base of research and teaching in biomedicine at UCL.

In addition to its Faculties, the School also coordinates nine Research Domains (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/domains) which are informal networks that bring together researchers regardless of their host Faculty. Colleagues engage in as many of the domains as are relevant to their area of research activity, encouraging interdisciplinarity across our School and beyond.

SLMS Faculties

i. UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/) undertakes world-leading research and teaching in neurology and neural pathways, neuroscience, language, cognition, psychology and psychiatry.  It takes an integrative approach to the study of mind and brain by focusing on the determinants of human perception, cognition, emotion and behaviour.   We are recognised as world leaders in our fields and our work attracts staff and students from around the globe. UCL neuroscience has the highest level of ISI citations in Europe, and is ranked second worldwide (behind Harvard), in the field of neuroscience and behavior.The Faculty and its component parts create an outstanding and vibrant environment for study and research.

The Faculty of Brain Sciences comprises: UCL Institute of Neurology (Queen Square, WC1)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/ UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WC1)

http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/ UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (Bath Street, EC1)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo/ UCL Ear Institute (Gray’s Inn Road, WC1)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/ UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences (WC1)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/ UCL Division of Psychiatry (Riding House Street, WC1)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/

ii. UCL Faculty of Life Sciences (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/homepage) was founded in October 1990 and combines the strengths of UCL’s basic biological and preclinical sciences. Some of the constituent research departments have long and distinguished histories that can be traced back to the early nineteenth century and the foundation of UCL. In January 2012 the School of Pharmacy (founded in 1842) merged with UCL to form a new division within the Faculty of Life Sciences, the UCL School of Pharmacy.

The Faculty has been associated with six Nobel Laureates. It presents an unrivalled environment for students and researchers in life science disciplines ranging from neuroscience to the biology of molecules, cells and organisms. Following the merger with the School of Pharmacy the

Faculty has now extended the range of expertise and opportunities available to include drug discovery, formulation sciences and medicines use and health.

Located in the heart of the UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, it provides outstanding opportunities for research-led and research-based undergraduate and postgraduate study. The Faculty is home to over 500 graduate students studying on some of the UK’s most prestigious PhD programmes.The Faculty of Life Sciences comprises: UCL Division of Biosciences (incorporating the research departments of Genetics, Evolution

and Environment; Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology; Structural and Molecular Biology; and Cell and Developmental Biology) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/

The UCL-MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/LMCB/

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/

UCL School of Pharmacyhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy

iii. UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/) brings together UCL Medical School and seven of UCL's Divisions and Institutes, creating a powerhouse of medical science research and teaching. Staff in the Faculty undertake world-leading research and teaching in areas that range from viral oncology to connective tissue disease, and oral health. The Faculty and its component parts create an outstanding and vibrant environment for study and research. The Faculty of Medical Sciences comprises: UCL Medical School

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/ UCL Cancer Institute

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer/ UCL Eastman Institute

http://www.eastman.ucl.ac.uk/ UCL Division of Infection and Immunity

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/ UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgicalscience/ UCL Division of Medicine

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicine/ Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/WIBR/

iv. UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/populationhealth-sciences/) brings together expertise in Child Health, Women's and Reproductive Health, Population Health, Global Health, Clinical Trials, Health Informatics and Cardiovascular Science. Its aim is to deliver outstanding research and teaching for improved human health, and the unifying concept that informs its scholarship and educational activity is the life course.

The Faculty’s research elucidates the biological, behavioural and psychosocial processes that operate across an individual’s life, and across generations, that affect the development of disease in populations. This research informs undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational teaching.

The Faculty of Population Health Sciences comprises: UCL Institute of Child Health

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/homepage UCL Institute for Women’s Health

http://www.instituteforwomenshealth.ucl.ac.uk/ifwh_landing UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science 

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cardiovascular/ UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iehc/ UCL Institute of Global Health

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/igh UCL Institute of Clinical Trials Methodology

http://www.ctu.mrc.ac.uk/ UCL Farr Institute For Health Informatics

http://www.farrinstitute.org/centre/London/6_About.html The Institutes represent each life-stage, from conception, birth, childhood, adolescence into adulthood, older age and death, and comprehensively address all these phases and periods, and the health variations associated with them at a population level.

The Faculty also undertakes studies that inform the development of services, interventions and policies that address health disparities that occur as a consequence of exposures throughout the life course.

The Francis Crick Institute

An exciting addition to the UCL environment is the new Francis Crick Institute, a partnership between UCL, the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust, King’s College London and Imperial College London. Due to open in 2015, the new Institute will be a leading centre of biomedical research, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the biology of human health and disease.

The state-of-the-art facility will occupy a site next to London’s St Pancras station, a few minutes’ walk from UCL’s main Bloomsbury campus, UCL Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Queen’s Square. The facility will house ~1,250 scientists, including existing staff from Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute and the MRC’s National Institute for Medical Research.

UCL will be seconding staff to the Institute. Selection for secondment will be undertaken in partnership with the Director of the Francis Crick Institute and will be based on scientific excellence and fit with UCL’s strategic aims, to maximise the Institute’s potential for innovation and for translation of discoveries into patient benefit. It is also likely that UCL will host staff from the Francis Crick Institute in complementary areas of science, creating further opportunities for UCL staff to relate to this exciting development.

Read about The Francis Crick Institute at: http://www.crick.ac.uk.

Office of the Vice Provost (Health)

The School of Life and Medical Sciences is supported by the Office of the Vice Provost (Health), which brings together SLMS Research Coordination and Platform Technologies, the Translational Research Office, Partnerships and Projects, Clinical Research Support Centre,

OFFICE OF THE VICE PROVOST (HEALTH)UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences

Faculty of Population Health

Sciences

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Brain Sciences

Academic Careers Office, SLMS Communications and SLMS Finance. The Office of the Vice Provost (Health) work across the four Faculties to promote an integrated, high quality and streamlined service, which optimises sharing of best practise and encourages interdisciplinarity.  The Research Coordination team support and strategically coordinate internal research

initiatives, particularly relating to the SLMS Research Domains (Neuroscience; Basic life sciences; Cancer; Cardiometabolic science; Infection, inflammation and immunology; Frontier disciplines; Reproduction and development; Experimental medicine and Population health). The Research Coordinator team bring together communities by facilitating events and forums and encouraging academic interaction across Divisions and Institutes, and develop mutually beneficial relationships with external funding agencies.

The Platform Technologies team (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/platforms/) help to develop closer working and shared knowledge between UCL research groups who have similar equipment and expertise. They aid cutting edge basic and translational research projects by more effective organization and implementation of these key resources.

The Translational Research Office team helps to facilitate the translation of UCL’s basic and clinical research into therapies, techniques and medicinal products with therapeutic value. The team undertakes cost, risk and design assessments to support UCL investigators establishing more effective and reliable clinical trials.

The Partnerships and Projects team provide project management capacity for major pan-Faculty strategic projects, and proactively manage SLMS partnership activities, including the relationship with UCLPartners and the Francis Crick Institute.

The Clinical Research Support centre incorporates the Joint Research Office (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jro), UCLH/UCL NIHR BRC management office (http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/research/cbrc/Pages/Home.aspx) and UCLH/UCL Clinical Research Facility (http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/Research/CRF/Pages/Home.aspx).o JRO: Covering UCL, UCLH and Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, this office supports

clinical investigators with the design, set up and approval of new clinical trials and other research projects.

o UCLH/UCL NIHR BRC management office: The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH/UCL is one of the UK’s leaders in world class experimental medicine and research. The BRC was awarded £100m to drive a cutting edge and internationally-acclaimed experimental medicine portfolio. Our work focuses in particular on research into new therapies, including novel devices; first in man studies; developing improvements in diagnosis, treatment selection and evaluation of response; and repurposing of therapies. 

o UCLH/UCL Clinical Research Facility: This 20-bed facility in the Elizabeth Garret Anderson Wing of University College Hospital provides a high quality research environment and Good Clinical Practice trained research nurses and other staff, to ensure the safe conduct of clinical trials and other research.

Academic Careers Office is responsible for promoting, supporting and developing all aspects of academic and clinical academic careers.

SLMS Communications are responsible for the proactive management of the School’s internal and external communications strategy.

SLMS Finance are responsible for supporting, guiding and managing the financial planning of the four SLMS Faculties, in collaboration with SLMS and Faculty leadership, to ensuring a consistent and integrated approach, and an aligned approach with the central UCL Finance and Business Affairs team.

The Staffing and Office Management team are responsible for School and Faculty level recruitment/staffing, co-ordinate school level HR exercises, provide recruitment guidance and templates to Divisions/Institutes, and provide support for Research Domains and School level committees. They also run School-wide student Fitness to Practise Panels, co-ordinate Health and Safety arrangements and oversee Office Management of Maple House 1A.