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Name Dr Richard Smith
Job title Consultant Senior Lecturer
Department School of Clinical Sciences University of Bristol
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Qualifications MA, PhD(Cantab), MB,ChB(Oxon), MRCP
Professional details
Keywords pancreatic islet transplantation
transplant rejection
organ transplants
diabetes
Areas of expertise My research training is in the immunology of transplant rejection. My major clinical interest is renal transplantation.

The focus of my research is development of a clinical pancreatic islet transplant programme for treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus and related research projects aimed at improving this technique.