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Sarah Howles is an Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and an Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon at Churchill Hospital, Oxford. Her clinical research focuses on kidney stone disease, which poses a significant clinical and economic health burden. She completed her medical studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, graduating in 2005. After qualifying, she worked in the Oxford region and entered a Urology training scheme in 2010. In 2011, she was appointed as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellow, joining Professor Rajesh Thakker's group as a DPhil student, where she defended her thesis in 2015. From 2015 to 2020, she served as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Urology before taking her current position in 2021. Her research aims to enhance understanding of the pathophysiology of renal stone disease to identify new therapeutic targets and preventive strategies for kidney stone recurrence. Her work incorporates studies on the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to nephrolithiasis, including the calcium sensing receptor signaling pathway and its implications in familial conditions associated with kidney stones.
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