Steven Sacks

Department of Nephrology and Transplantation,Guy's Hospital, King's College London, University of London,United Kingdom

Steven Sacks

Academic positions:
- Head of Department of Nephrology and Transplantation
- Chair, Guy's Research Ethics Committee
- Director of the Medical Research Council Centre for Transplantation at King's College London

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Sacks' interests include the biology of complement and renal disease, with particular regard to the regulation of the adaptive immune response by the innate immune system. Models in his laboratory focus on transplantation, immune complex nephritis and antimicrobial defence

Any other information:
Dr Sacks is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Other professional responsibilities include:
- Wellcome Trust Clinical Interview Committee;
- South Thames Strategic Health Authority Research Governance Committee.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Nephrology > Renal Immunology & Pathology (inc. Glomerular Diseases) (since 21 February 2006)

Steven Sacks is a Section Head for Renal Immunology & Pathology (inc. Glomerular Diseases), part of the NEPHROLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/depts/nephtrans/