Awards
- Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP), West African College of Physicians, 2015
- Institut Mérieux Research Laureate 2014, Institut Mérieux, 2014
- Sheila Sherlock Award, Royal College of Physicians, 2009
- Sheila Sherlock Travelling Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians, 2009
- BMA Book Award for Medicine (A Colour Atlas and Text of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Churchill Livingstone 2002: RA Aspinall, SD Taylor-Robinson), 2002
- Sir Frances Avery Jones Research Gold Medal, British Society of Gastroenterology, 2000
- Young Investigators Award, UEGW
External Positions
- Trustee, Board of Trustees, “Supporting Life”, Mzuzu, Malaŵi, “Supporting Life”, Mzuzu, Malaŵi, 2017
- Trustee, Board of Trustees, Tropical Health Education Trust (THET), London, Tropical Health Education Trust (THET), 2016
- Board member, Royal College of Physicians External Engagement Committee, Royal College of Physicians of London, 2016
- Board Member, Royal College of Physicians Membership and Global Engagement Board 2015, Royal College of Physicans of London, 2015
- Council Member, Royal College of Physicians of London Council Member, Royal College of Physicians of London, 2015
- Trustee and Board member, Board member, Excellence and Friends HIV Management Centre, Abuja, Nigeria, Excellence and Friends HIV Management Centre, Abuja, Nigeria, 2015
- Medical Academic Advisor, Chevening Fellowship Academic Advsory Committee, Chevening Fellowships, 2012
- Associate International Director, Associate International Director of the Royal College of Physicians for Africa 2012-2016, Royal College of Physicians of London, 2012 - 2016
- Board member, Governing Board International Society of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN), International Society of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN), 2012 - 2016
- Senior Advisor, Advisory Board, Foundation for Liver Research, Foundation for Liver Research, 2012
- Mentor for school children; Advisor to Amos Bursary, Mentor/Advisor - Amos Bursary (BME Outreach to Schoolchildren), Amos Bursary, 2011
- Panel member, European Association for the Study of the Liver Research Abstracts Review Board, EASL, 2011
- Advisory Board, Advisory Board - AMMF - Cholangiocarcinoma charity, AMMF - Cholangiocarcinoma charity, 2006
- Commitee member, British Liver Trust Research Advisory Board, British Liver Trust, 2004
- National Committee Member, British Society of Gastroenterology (Liver Section), British Society of Gastroenterology, 2003
Membership of Professional Bodies
- International Director of Royal College of Physicians of London with Responsibility for links in Africa, Royal College of Physicians, London, 2013
- Member, American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases, American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases, 1998
- Member, European Board of Gastroenterology, European Board of Gastroenterology, 1998
- Member, British Society of Gastroenterology, British Society of Gastroenterology, 1997
- Member, British Association for the Study of the Liver, British Association for the Study of the Liver, 1996
- Member, European Association for the Study of the Liver, European Association for the Study of the Liver, 1996
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- International Director of Royal College of Physicians of London (with responsibility for sub-Saharan Africa), Royal College of Physicians of London, 2013 - 2017
- Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute for Hepatology, 2010
- Advisory Board on Health Related Groupings, NHSIA, 1999 - 2013
Industrial Connections
- ASTEX Pharmaceuticals, Dublin, California, USA, Advisory Board on viral hepatitis (through Imperial Consultants)
- BioMerieux, Lyon, France, Collaboration on Liver Cancer Biomarkers in Africa (through Imperial Innovations)
- GSK, Advisory Board on Liver Fibrosis
- GSK ADI project, 1. GSK AADI INITIATIVE: £320,445 November 2006-March 2009: “Characterisation of Hepatic Biliary Hyperplasia in Pre-clinical Animals by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy” This study looked at mouse-models of liver injury and assessed the optimal ways of providing non-invasive in vivo imaging information (co-grant holders: Professor J Bell, Dr IJ Cox, Dr PW So). This grant employed: - Post-doctoral research fellow (Bhavana Solanky) - Research associate: (Gina Sanchez)2. GSK AADI INITIATIVE: £180,668 November 2006-March 2009: “Characterisation of Bile and Pancreatic Fluid from Patients with Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy” This study aimed at delineating non-invasive biomarkers in this condition. This grant employed:- Gastroenterology Clinical Research Fellow (Dr Amar Sharif)
- Merz Pharmaceuticals GMbH, MERZ INVESTIGATOR.LED STUDY ON HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY: £420,000 October 2012-October 2014
- Pfizer, Pfizer - £700,000 – October 2005- April 2009 – “Microbubble Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Liver in Patients with Hepatitis C”. This study combined imaging and serological markers of fibrosis to look at disease progression and response to treatment in hepatitis C. The grant employed:a. 2 radiographers (Nayna Patel, Julie Fitzpatrick)b. 1 physicist, (Marzena Wylezinska-Arridge) c. 1 part time research nurse (Mary Crossey)
- Tobira Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, USA, Advisory Board (through Imperial Consultants)
Fellowships
- EUMS, European Board of Gastroenterology, 1998
- Fellow, Association of Physicians
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Hepatology, Eiditorial Board
- World Journal of Gastroenterology, Editoral Board