Collaborators
Professor Stuart Taylor, UCLH, Diagnostic accuracy for extent and activity of newly diagnoses Crohn's disease - multicentre prospective comparison for MRI and USS £1.5 million grant, 2012 - 2017
Prof Simon Carding, BBSRC Grant with Institute of Food Research, University of East Anglia £1 million grant, Mucosal immunology, 2011
Dr T. Orchard, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Asian IBD, 2010
Dr J. Lindsay, Barts and the London, Prebiotics, 2008
Professor S Knight, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, mucosal Immunology, 2008
UK IBD GC, Wellcome Trust
Prof S. C. Knight, APRG
Dr Alan Walker, Sanger Institute Cambridge, Microbiology and pouchitis
Professor Kevin Whelan, King's College London, Microbiology and IBD
Dr John Fell, Chelsea and Westminster (paediatric gastroenterology), IBD in children
Professor Jack Dowie, Sydney Australia, Decision Aids for IBD patients
Dr Marcus Harbord and Dr Siew Ng, Chelsea and Westminster, London and Hong Kong, Web-based information and algorithm tool for IBD
Professor Sir Nicholas Wright Dr Trevor Graham, Barts and the London, IBD and carcinogenesis
Dr Tariq Ahmad (and UK IBD GC), University of Exeter, UK IBD Pharmacogenetics
UK IBD Genetics consortium, UK IBD Genetics consortium (Consultants in 15 UK teaching hospitals), IBD Genetics and translational reserach
Guest Lectures
IBD Ahead - Looking but not seeing - managing difficult Crohn's disease, IBD Evening Meeting Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, 2013
Pouch Dysfunction and Pouchitis, St Mary's Hospital, SpR Training Day, 2013
Pathogenesis of IBD, St Mark's Hospital IBD Nurse Study day, 2013
IBD Service at St Mark's Hospital, DDW, Orlando, USA, 2013
How to be successful as a clinical researcher - a personal journey, United European Gastroenterology Young Investigators' Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2013
Modulation of the gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease - the science and clinical reality, International Yakult Symposium Queen Elizabeth II Centre London, 2013
What's New in the IBD Service at St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital Joint Medical and Surgical IBD day, 2013
The IBD Multi-Disciplinary Meeting, St Mark's Hospital Joint Medical and Surgical IBD day, 2013
Medical Management of Perianal Crohn's Disease, St Mark's Joint Medical and Surgical IBD Day, 2013
How to optimise biologics in Crohn's disease, Bournemouth IBD Meeting, 2013
Assessing Drug levels to optimise and personalise anti-TNF therapy, Regional Meeting IBD London, 2013
Faecal Transplantation for refractory pouchitis, Broad Meeting, Los Angeles (in view of funding from Eli and Edyth Broad), Broad Meeting, Los Angeles (in view of funding from Eli and Edyth Broad), 2013
Optimising Biologics, Regional Gut Club Bournemouth, 2013
The St Mark's IBD Service, St Mark's GP and Primary Care Meeting, 2013
Vitamin D and IBD, Great Ormond Street, Paediatric London IBD Forum, 2013
Pathogenesis of refractory UC, Regional IBD Meeting, London, Falk Symposium, 2013
Perianal Crohn's disease - medical management, St Mark's Hospital Anal Fistula Day, 2013
Homing Mechanisms in IBD, Belgium Gastroenterology Week, Belgium, 2013
Optimising treatment for IBD, ECCO, Vienna, 2013
Medical therapy for IBD, ECCO, Vienna, 2013
Antibiotics, Probiotics, Prebiotics and faecal transplant in IBD?, Royal college of Physicians Edinburgh, Royal college of Physicians Edinburgh, 2013
Can you modulate the microbiota in IBD?, Royal College of Physicians Advanced Medicine Course, Royal College of Physicians, 2013
Stopping anti-TNFs in IBD, London IBD Forum, London IBD Forum, 2013
Medical Management of UC, Dublin IBD meeting, Dublin IBD meeting, 2013
Medical management of Crohn's disease, Dublin IBD meeting, Dublin IBD meeting, 2013
Pregnancy and IBD, Dublin IBD meeting, Dublin, 2013
Microbiome and IBD, Badalona, Spain, Badalona, Spain, 2013
The IBD service at St Mark's Hospital, Orlando, Orlando USA, 2012
Motivational Interviewing - can it help our consultations?, Cheltenham IBD Gut Club, Cheltenham IBD Gut Club, 2012
IBD and Adolescents - making the transition, St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, 2012
The Crohn's Orifice, St Mark's Frontiers Meeting, St Mark's Hospital, 2012
Anti-TNFs in CD, London, London, 2012
Unmet need in Crohn's disease, Paris, Paris, France, 2012
What is new about the new in IBD, Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, UK, 2012
Update on medical management of IBD, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
Optimising therapy for IBD, Liverpool, Liverpool UK, 2012
Microbiome in IBD, Regional IBD Meeting, Taunton, 2012
Personalised thearapy in IBD, St Mark's Association Day, St Mark's, 2012
Predicting the course of CD, Durham IBD Gut Club, Durham, 2012
Moderate inflammatory bowel disease, UEGW, Amsterdam, UEGW, Amsterdam, 2012
Pregnancy and Breast-feeding in IBD, Birmingham, 2012
Empowering and engaging patients through effective communication, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, 2012
Severe UC, St Mark's Pouch Study Day, St Mark's, 2012
Pregnancy and IBD, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
TB or not TB - diagnostic dilemmas in IBD, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
IBD Service St Mark's, British Society of Gastroenterology, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2012
Upper GI Crohn's Disease, British Society of Gastroenterology, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2012
Pathogenesis of Crohn's disease, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, 2012
Pouches - patients' perspectives, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
Motivational Interviewing and IBD, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2012
Microbiota in health and disease, Helsinki, Helsinki, 2012
Service Development in IBD, Paris, Paris France, 2012
Complex IBD cases, Winchester IBD Forum, Winchester IBD Forum, 2012
IBD MDT case discussion, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
IBD Service at St Mark's - what is new?, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
Bones, Vitamin D and IBD, UCLH, UCLH, 2012
Perianal Crohn's Disease, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
Setting up a Transition Service, London IBD, London, 2012
Perianal Crohn's disease, St Mark's, St Mark's, 2012
Vitamin D in IBD - Emma Stuart Memorial lecture, Newcastle University, Newcastle, 2012
Overview of medical treatment for IBD, ECCO Barcelona, ECCO barcelona, 2012
IBD facing surgery - is the small bowel normal?, ECCO Barcelona, ECCO Barcelona, 2012
Quality requirements and assurance in clinical trials, ECCO Barcelona, ECCO Barcelona, 2012
Can you combine an academic career with family life?, ECCO, Vienna, 2012
Translational medicine in IBD, Prague IBD International IBD Experts Symposium, Prague IBD International IBD Experts Symposium, 2012
Motivational interviewing in IBD, London, London, 2011
Gut microbiota and modification as a therapy, University of Manchester, University of Manchester, 2011
Optimising anti-TNFs in CD, St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
IBD and pregnancy, St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Reproductive and sexual health in IBD, St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Medical advances in IBD management, St Mark's, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Anti-TNFs in CD - how to optimise, IBD London Meeting, 2011
Microbiota in Health and Disease, Royal College of Physician Edinburgh BSG Regional meeting, Royal College of Physician Edinburgh BSG Regional meeting, 2011
Case studies and challenges in IBD, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, 2011
Management of ulcerative colitis, UCLH, UCLH, 2011
Perianal Crohn's disease, Colchester, Colchester, 2011
Acute Severe UC, Royal College of Physicians Teach-in, Royal College of Physicians Teach-in, 2011
Tacrolimus in IBD, London IBD Forum, 2011
Pregnancy in IBD, Middlesborough IBD Meeting, 2011
Anti-TNFs in Crohn;s disease, Middlesborough IBD Meeting, 2011
Pregnancy in IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Ulcerative Colitis Complex cases, St Mark's Hospital Inaugural IBD Joint Meeting, 2011
Perianal Crohn's Disease, St Mark's Hospital Inaugural IBD Joint Meeting, 2011
Optimising anti-TNFs in Crohn's Disease, St Mark's Hospital Grand Round, 2011
Vitamin D in IBD, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2011
Bugs, Fats, Vitamins and IBD, Chelsea and Westminster IBD Meeting, 2011
Pregnancy in IBD, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2011
Optimising anti-TNFs in Crohn's Disease, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2011
Aetiology of IBD, Royal Society of Medicine, 2011
Acute severe ulcerative colitis, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
The IBD MDT - discussion of challenging cases, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Perianal Crohn's Disease: imaging, drigs, setons and surgery, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Medical Management of Crohn's Perianal Fistulas, St Mark's Hospital, 2011
Role of anti-TNFs in Crohn's disease, IBD Meeting London, 2011
Perianal Crohn's Disease, St Mark's Hospital Fronters Meeting, 2010
Comparison between English and Italian Experience in UC management, Royal Society of Medicine, 2010
Use of biologics in treating Crohn's disease, Royal Society of Medicine, 2010
Bugs, fats, vitamins and IBD, Edinburgh Falk IBD Symposium, 2010
Use of probiotics in IBD, London IBD Ferring Symposim, 2010
Probiotics in IBD, St Mark's Association Day, 2010
Microbiota in IBD, Cambridge IBD Meeting, 2010
Use of adacolumn in IBD, London IBD Meeting, 2010
Impact of NICE on use of biologics in Crohn's disease, London IBD meeting, 2010
Use of biologics in Crohn' s disease, Brighton IBD Meeting, 2010
Treating Crohn's disease in 2010, Birmingham IBD Meeting, 2010
Photopheresis in IBD, Wellcome Trust, 2010
Aetiology of IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Immunomodulators in IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Management of IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Probiotics in IBD, Edinburgh IBD Symposium, 2010
Management of perianal Crohn's disease, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Management of acute severe UC, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Pregnancy in IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Use of biologics in Crohn's disease, Expert Exchange meeting New Orleans DDW, 2010
Multi-disciplinary care in IBD, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Fistula in Crohn's disease, St Mark's Hospital, 2010
Management of small bowel Crohn's disease, London IBD Forum, 2010
Escalation of treatment in acute severe UC, St Mark's Hospital International Frontiers Meeting, 2009
Aetiology of pouchitis, European Society of Coloproctology, Prague, 2009
Aetiology of pouchitis, European Society of Coloproctology, Prague, 2009
Probiotics in IBD - do they work?, Royal College of Physicians, 2009
Probiotics in IBD – do they work?, IBD Forum, Royal College of Physicians, 2009
St Mark’s Escalation of treatment in acute severe colitis, Frontiers in Intestinal and Colorectal Disease, 2009
Gut flora in gastrointestinal diseases, Copenhagen IBD meeting, 2008
Perianal Crohn's disease, Rome IBD Meeting, Rome Italy, 2008
Gut Flora in Gastrointestinal Diseases, Copenhagen, 2008
Perianal Crohn’s Disease, Rome, 2008
Gut Flora and Support of Body’s Defences, Physics Society, 2008
Gut flora and support of the body's defences, London at the Physics Society, 2008
Laser and radical chemotherapy for oesophageal cancer, British Society of Gastroenterology, Glasgow, 2007
Probiotics and prebiotics, St Mark's International Frontiers Meeting, 2006
Bacteria and the Gut, Whittington Hospital, 2006
The role of inflammation, dendritic cells and probiotics in gastrointestinal motility and function, Belgium Gastroenterology Week, Belgium, 2006
Role of inflammation, dendritic cells and probiotics in gastrointestinal motility and function, Belgium Gastroenterology Week, 2006
Probiotics and Prebiotics, t. Mark’s Frontiers in Intestinal and Colorectal Disease, Hilton Metropole, London, UK, 2006
probiotics and prebiotics, Foundations in Gastroenterology Course, 2005
Probiotics and Prebiotics, Foundations in Gastroenterology Course, Burnett Institute, St Mark’s Hospital, 2005
Probiotics: Modulation of gut immune responses, autumn “Neurogastroenterology and Motility Symposium” entitled “Psychoneuroimmunology and the gut”. Royal College of Physicians, London, UK, 2005
case presentation, Institute of child health; Great Ormond Street, 2005
Modulation of gut immune responses - probiotics, Royal College of Physicians - Neurogastroenterology and Motility Symposium, 2005
The role of dendritic cells in intestinal inflammation and their modulation by probiotic bacteria., 20th International Symposium on Neurogastroenterology and Motility., Toulouse, France., 2005
Role of dendritic cells in inflammation and modulation by probiotic bacteria, International Symposium on Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Toulouse France, 2005
Role of probiotics in IBD, Brighton IBD Meeting, 2005
Role of probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease, British Society of Gastroenterology, South Thames Meeting, Brighton., 2005
Clinical cases - management of Crohn's disease, Bologna IBD Meeting, Bologna Itlay, 2004
Probiotics ib IBD, Middlesex IBD meeting, 2004
Probiotics in IBD, Middlesex Grand Round, 2004
Dendritic cells may drive proinflammatory T cell responses in Crohn's disease, DDW New Orleans, 2004
Antigen Presenting Cells: their roles in intestinal inflammation and relationship with gut flora, Dutch IBD Meeting, Amsterdam, 2004
VSL#3 probiotics in mild to moderate UC - protocol presentation, Rome, 2004
Toll like receptors 2 and 4 are upregulated on lamna propria dendritic cells in intestinal inflammation, British Society of Gastroenterology, Glasgow, 2004
TLR2 and 4 are upreagulated on LPDC in IBD, British Society of Immunology Harrogate, 2003
Gut flora, probiotics and IBD, St Mark's Hospital Frontiers Meeting, 2003
Role of dendritic cells in intestinal inflammation, Royal Free Hospital, London, 2003
TLR2 and 4 are upregulated on lamina propria dendritic cells in intestinal inflammation, UEGW, Madrid, 2003
Clinical Cases - difficult IBD challenges, Luigi Barbara Meeting, Bologna Italy, 2003
Probiotic bacteria modulate immune function via effects on dendritic cells, Portugal, 2003
Probiotics and inflammatory bowel disease, chichester NACC Meeting, 2003
Modulation of immune function and dendritic cells, Emerging Leaders Programme - OVERALL WINNER, Gothenberg Sweden, 2002
Modification of gut flora and probiotics - are they useful therapies?, Royal College of Phyiscians, 2002
Clinical cases of challenging Crohn's disease, Luigi Barbara Bologna Italy, 2002
Modulation of Immune Function by Probiotics, Royal london Hospital, 2002
Effects of probiotic bacteria on dendritic cells, Current topics in gastroenterology, Thailand, 2002
Probiotics and Inflammatory Bowel disease, Kennedy Galton Centre, 2002
Probiotics and IBD, Middlesex Hospital, 2001
Prospective study of UC patients, Central Public Health laboratory, 2001
Probiotic bacteria modulate dendritic cell and T cell function, Current Topics in Gastroenterology, Las Vegas USA, 2001
Over 150 invited / guest lectures given nationally and internationally
Research Staff
Encarnado,R
Penez,LL
Research Student Supervision
Choi,R
Daultazi,N
Despott,E
Ignatovic,A
Landy,J
Milestone,A, MD (Imperial College)
Milestone,A, Vitamin D and IBD
Morar,P
Peake,S
Rabhour,G
Sarkar,S
Siaw,Y
Tozer,P, Perianal Crohn's disease
Tsiamoulos,Z
Vora,R
Yassin,N