Immune regulation of liver fibrosis

Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist

Dr Ramachandran undertook medical training and an intercalated BSc (hons) in Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2003. He subsequently completed a Wellcome Trust funded PhD at the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, under the supervision of Professor John Iredale, Professor Stuart Forbes and Dr David Kluth. He proceeded to finish his specialty clinical training in hepatology, gastroenterology and general medicine, working in both Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Awarded an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship in 2015, entitled “The Role of Tissue-resident Hepatic Macrophages in the Resolution of Chronic Liver Injury”. The work during this Fellowship has provided several new insights into the biology of macrophages in fibrosis