Dr Alexandra Santos is an Associate Professor (Reader in Paediatric Allergy) at King’s and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, which is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK. Dr Santos qualified in Medicine from the University of Coimbra and completed her PhD in Allergy and Immunology at King’s College London, under the supervision of Professor Gideon Lack.
Over the years, Alexandra has received numerous prestigious awards from the Medical Research Council (MRC): an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship, an MRC Centenary Early Career Award and the MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship and she continues to combine her clinical and laboratory research into paediatric food allergy. Her main research interests include food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergy diagnosis and allergy prevention.