Dr. Clare Lloyd

Biography

Clare Lloyd completed BSc and PhD degrees in Immunology at King's College London. She was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship by the National Kidney Research Fund at United Medical and Dental Schools Guy's Hospital to study the immune response associated with mouse models of glomerulonephritis. Subsequently, she took a Postdoctoral position jointly with Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez Ramos at Harvard University and Professor David Salant at Boston University Medical Center. Professor Lloyd developed a mouse model of chronic inflammatory glomerulonephritis to study the role of infiltrating inflammatory cells in renal fibrosis. In the Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, USA, she worked on developing models and systems to functionally characterize novel genes of unknown function. Returning to the UK, she established a research group at Imperial College in 1999 and was awarded a Wellcome Senior Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Sciences. Her research group focuses on mechanisms underlying the regulation and development of allergen-induced airway inflammation and remodeling, particularly in neonates. She collaborates closely with the Department of Paediatrics at the Royal Brompton Hospital to study children with severe asthma. Professor Lloyd is a Principal Investigator for the Medical Research Council/Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma and has been involved in numerous committees and initiatives to promote women's interests in science.

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