A Hammersmith doctor has won a prestigious research award from the UK’s leading blood cancer charity, Leukaemia Research.
The Leukaemia Research Clinical Research Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Elisabet Nadal and will allow her to carry out crucial research into stem cell transplantation.
Born in Barcelona, Spain, Dr Nadal is part of a team based at the Imperial College Medical School in Hammersmith Hospital. They are hoping to gain a better understanding of why some transplants are more successful than others.
"Stem cell transplants remain the only curative treatment for some types of blood cancers. A certain type of cell – T cells – has been shown to play a key role in the success of transplantation and so we aim to study the role of these cells in more depth," says 33-year-old Dr Nadal.
The aim of the Clinical Research Fellowship is to allow young talented doctors to combine specialist training in medicine with vital research. Leukaemia Research has today announced that it is committing over £86,000 to Dr Nadal's work.
"Without the funding from Leukaemia Research I would not be able to carry out this important research. Thanks to this Fellowship I can continue to progress in this field and hopefully play a role in improving the success of stem cell transplantation," adds Dr Nadal.
Dr Nadal, who is a currently a Clinical Research Fellow at Hammersmith Hospital, attended the School of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, where she began her studies.
