| Personal details |
| Name |
Dr Richard
Smith |
| Job title |
Consultant Senior Lecturer
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| Department |
School of Clinical Sciences University of Bristol
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| Contact details |
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| Qualifications |
MA, PhD(Cantab), MB,ChB(Oxon), MRCP |
| Professional details |
| Keywords |
pancreatic islet transplantation
transplant rejection
organ transplants
diabetes
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| 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.
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