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Department of Medicine

Our mission is to translate world class fundamental research into interventions that positively impact health and wellbeing for people everywhere.

Professor Duncan Richards, Head of Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge



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Professor Clare Bryant awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for zoonotic infection research

11 July 2025

Professor Bryant receives European Research Council funding alongside Wellcome Trust Discovery Award and BSI Outstanding Leadership Award for her pioneering work on innate immunity and host inflammatory responses.

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou awarded the UK Barrett's Oesophagus Registry Prize for his research in upper GI cancers

7 July 2025

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology and Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge, has been awarded this year's UK Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG).

New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition affecting the immune system

27 June 2025

Mary Catchpole from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment, which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder, Activated PI3-kinase Delta Syndrome (APDS). Hear from Mary's consultant Dr Anita Chandra at Addenbrooke's and Prof Sergey Nejentsev who led the...