Join us to celebrate a special milestone for our new professors and hear about their inspiring career journeys. Doors for this event will open at 16.45, with the lectures to commence at 17.00. A drinks reception will be held immediately after the lecture at 18:00.

Professor Mariam Molokhia

A Journey through Health Inequalities  

Abstract

I have consolidated my research programme in cardiovascular, renal disease and drug safety. This has included extensive work in prescribing, adverse drug reactions and pharmacogenomics (including securing funding with international partners). More recently my work has encompassed disparities in cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney disease and digital health interventions.

I manage a diverse team of researchers and students. I have been successful in obtaining funding from the NIHR, NHSE, MRC and Industry: Pharma (Pfizer, AstraZeneca), Sana Biotech, NHS RHO, Serious Adverse Events Consortium (Collaboration of Academia and Industry), Kidney Research UK and others. As Partnerships lead for our recent Community-centred research bids, I successfully leveraged £7M of matched funding and oversaw our Team’s consultations with over 100 multi-sectoral Partners, including industry, government and charity. My research is highly collaborative and cross-disciplinary including overseeing a multi-disciplinary team of ECRs.

Biography

Dr Mariam Molokhia, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Primary Care, Kings College London is a clinical epidemiologist with several years expertise in clinical research, pharmacoepidemiology, long term conditions (cardiovascular, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes) and health inequalities. Her current interests are in community-based health interventions, translational medicine strategies for risk prediction, with tailored strategies for stratified medicine.

Her work includes development and evaluation of methods for risk prediction and causality assessment using population based EHRs and other large complex bio datasets. She has expertise in the application of statistical methods to data and evidence synthesis. She teaches on the Master’s in Public Health and Global Public Health courses, and is supervisor for several undergraduate and postgraduate students (King’s College London MBBS, Master’s in Public Health, London Interdisciplinary PhD Consortium, and doctoral students).  

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Professor Russell Hearn

When healthcare hands you lemons, make educational lemonade

Abstract

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Hearn will explore several of his crazy plans that have resulted in opportunities for creating synergistic educational and clinical interventions to improve student experience and patient care.

He will reflect on innovative approaches to turning educational and clinical problems into positive outcomes – in other words, turning lemons into lemonade. Russell will highlight his personal journey as well as focus on the amazing teams he has had the privilege to work with in order to inspire the next generation of healthcare practitioners. Be prepared for dinosaur cameos and student inspiration as well as a challenge for educators to inspire our students to learn, lead, and love their future careers.

Biography

Professor Hearn is the Programme Director of King’s College London’s Medicine programme delivered at the University of Portsmouth and Professor of Medical Education. After graduating from UCL and completing GP training, he joined King’s in 2012, creating innovative, community-based medical curricula using simulation. He is a practising GP at Morris House Group Practice in Haringey, dedicating his career to advancing medical training and primary care services. As Primary Care Dean for NHS England, London, he leads education programmes that meet real-world complexity.

Professor Hearn has received national recognition for his impact in teaching and clinical care, including a National Teaching Fellowship in 2022. His influential initiatives include leading award-winning student-supported Covid vaccination programmes, demonstrating his commitment to educating future healthcare practitioners prepared for diverse clinical challenges.