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CommentThe College newsletter Issue no 189 | September 2009 Sixth MRC Centre The Centre will investigate the damage our modern living and working environment could be doing to our health.

KING’S HAS BEEN AWARDED A SIXTH looking forward to working with MRC Centre in collaboration colleagues at Imperial College Rare waxworks on show with Imperial College London. to address a range of challenging The new £5 million MRC- environmental issues which HPA Centre for Environment contribute to the chronic disease and Health will investigate the burden in the 21st century.’ damage that our modern living The Centre is core funded by and working environment could the Medical Research Council be doing to our health. (MRC) and the UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA), with the two universities funding Analyse people’s health new posts and studentships. Its and how it is affected researchers will be working with the HPA so that if their work by the environment reveals a new health risk, the HPA can take account of the Researchers at the Centre will Centre’s findings in its advice analyse the health of people to Government. across the UK and how this The work that will be is affected by aspects of the undertaken at King’s will environment in which they live focus primarily on the impact and work, from traffic fumes and of poor air quality on people’s noise from overhead aircraft, to health, building on the existing chemicals in the environment activities of the Environmental such as the by-products of Research Group and Lung disinfection in the water Biology Group. London is a supply. The research will focus prime location to study the particularly on vulnerable impact of air pollution on health. people and how environmental Poor air quality is thought to factors outside their control reduce life expectancy by an could be increasing their risk average of eight months, and of respiratory problems, heart is responsible for up to 3,000 disease and cancer. premature deaths in London Professor Frank Kelly, each year; far more than Director of the Pharmaceutical attributable to traffic accidents. Science Research Division Traffic pollution contributes to and Environmental Research respiratory and cardiovascular Rare 19th century anatomical waxworks from the Gordon Museum at King’s by Group at King’s, who is the diseases and is a major player Joseph Towne (including the above of a young man with skin lesions as a result of Deputy Director of the new in the increasing incidence of syphilis) have gone on display in a new exhibition, Exquisite Bodies, at the Wellcome Collection in Euston. For more details see page 21. Centre, said: ‘We are very much childhood asthma. continued on page 2 News

Sixth MRC Centre for King’s continued from page 1 Professor Kelly’s aim for the new The team already monitors air in one of King’s other MRC in childhood almost certainly Centre is to bring scientists from quality across the 33 boroughs Centres, the Asthma and Allergy persists, making lifelong lung different but complementary via the London Air Quality Research Centre led by Professor problems – and even early backgrounds and disciplines Network which has over 130 Tak Lee. Professors Kelly and death – more likely. together to enable them to work monitoring sites. ‘Here in London Lee are studying children in The findings will help to inform on the major public health we are, quite literally, in the Tower Hamlets who attend Government policies nationally issue of urban traffic pollution. middle of a huge experiment,’ schools close to main roads. and internationally as well as Plans include conducting explains Professor Kelly, who has answer important questions epidemiological studies involving been instrumental in advising about asthma. Professor Kelly large numbers of people living Government on ways to reduce Findings will help inform is also keen to understand how and working in London and pollution in London. One Government policies individual pollutants cause health detailed analysis of the pollutants solution has been to introduce a problems, so that changes can be they are exposed to during their Low Emission Zone that deters made to fuels to reduce exposure daily lives. the worst polluters from the city, The work is examining the to the biggest culprits. He and his The researchers will use and already the positive effects of impact of the introduction of the team hope this research will lead new research tools in areas the Congestion Charge scheme world’s largest Low Emission to legislative changes that will such as mapping, modelling, are being seen. In a recent study Zone in greater London in encourage car manufacturers to toxicology, genomics, proteomics Professor Kelly’s team showed 2008 and considers the effects develop engines that emit lower and metabonomics to answer that the scheme is helping to of traffic emission reduction, levels of the worst pollutants. questions such as which reduce pollution levels in the using comparative pollution Professor Kelly believes that pollutants people are being most deprived areas and this is and respiratory health data the breadth of research taking exposed to, what their reactions increasing life expectancy. from before the introduction of place in the new Centre will are to these and if or how this One important project that the Low Emission Zone. The ensure London continues to lead leads to tissue injury and disease has already started is being research focuses on children the drive to improve air quality development in future years. undertaken jointly with staff since damage done to their lungs in our cities. Principal’s column GREG FUNNELL GREG

Dear Colleagues important steps to decrease our quality of the King’s experience be spending some of his time as a A new academic year begins costs and increase our income for staff and students alike. Privy Councillor member of the with signs both of substantial in ways that are consistent with There are some changes to Iraq War inquiry. On a personal further progress and of significant the ambitious objectives of our my senior management team note, I finished my two-year challenges. Strategic Plan. As you know, this year. We welcome Professor term as President of Universities I am particularly pleased discussions on how this objective Eeva Leinonen, who joins us UK this summer. by the fact that our UK and can be achieved are well as Vice-Principal (Education); Finally, this academic year will overseas applications for underway. she will replace Professor Phil see a General Election, and it is admissions continue to increase Of course, King’s already has Whitfield, who retires on 30 gratifying that both Government faster than the national average a good track record in raising September after no fewer than and Opposition politicians such and by the advances that the funds outside of Government, 40 years of highly productive as Lord Mandelson and David academic health sciences centre, and I am especially delighted service to King’s (there will be Willetts have recently paid King’s Health Partners, is that we have now raised £50 more about Phil in the next issue tribute to the groundbreaking making. Yet our future academic million since our last fundraising of Comment). Chris Mottershead Extended Medical Degree achievements must take place campaign, which ended in (Vice-Principal, Research & Programme that we offer at in a demanding national 2004. Congratulations and Innovation) has added the King’s. It is pleasing that those financial environment. Like thanks are due to the many acting headship of the School of staff and students, who have all English universities, we are members of the College Physical Sciences & Engineering put so much work into this already experiencing cuts in community who have been to his other duties. Professor programme, have had their our Government funding, and involved in this achievement in Robert Lechler (Vice-Principal, efforts recognised, not least when these reductions will inevitably one way or another. Although Health) will be concentrating former Cabinet minister Alan worsen in future years given the such philanthropy cannot be a on his role as Executive Director Milburn launched his report on huge increase in the public debt substitute for sound underlying of King’s Health Partners, access to the professions at the incurred to deal with the 2008 College finances, contributions and Professor Sir Lawrence Guy’s Campus in July. banking crisis. Therefore at of this kind will continue to play Freedman (Vice-Principal, Rick Trainor King’s we need to take a major role in enhancing the Strategy & Development) will Principal

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£50 million raised for King’s An impressive £50 million of donations has been raised for the College to support world-leading research in areas such as cancer, neurosciences, international public policy, new buildings including the international centre for palliative care, and scholarships for students.

THIS MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED SINCE ALFREDO FLAVO 2005 when the College’s first fundraising campaign closed having reached its target of £44 million. The first Campaign provided funding for projects such as the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases; the Maughan Library and The D’Oyly Carte Chair in Medicine & the Arts.

More than 30 gifts of over £500,000

The money raised since then has come from a range of sources including gifts from charitable trusts and foundations, donations Computer impression of the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care. from alumni and staff; and money and scientific research, we can people have left to the College ensure that our findings from be named the ‘Maurice Wohl excellence of a King’s education. in their will. The £50 million the laboratory are translated Clinical Neuroscience Institute’. Legacies play a particularly includes more than 30 gifts of into meaningful benefits for important role in the ongoing over £500,000; donations from Alzheimer’s patients as quickly development of research and nearly 5,000 alumni, and money as possible. It is really exciting ‘Testament to the education: former staff member from 1,000 people who are to see our research progressing inspirational work Rosalind Driver, Professor of donating monthly via standing to the next stage, thanks to the Science Education (1995-7), orders or direct debits. generosity of King’s donors.’ across King’s’ left the College £1 million. Her A recent success was a major Other gifts which have gift has been used to support gift made to the College of more helped achieve this historic The Cicely Saunders Institute a key priority of the Strategic than £400,000 by The John and milestone, include the following. of Palliative Care, built in Plan, namely the funding of PhD Lucille van Geest Foundation A $1,680,500 grant from the partnership with Cicely Saunders scholarships. This was the largest to support research to develop a Carnegie Corporation of New International, required over £9 amount ever bequeathed by a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease York to fund Peace and Security million for its construction. This member of staff. (AD) under the direction of Fellowships at the African was raised through the generosity The Development & Alumni Simon Lovestone, Professor of Leadership Centre (ALC) of a number of key supporters Office co-ordinate the College’s Old Age Psychiatry. awarded last month. The ALC including a £4 million donation fundraising activities supporting This work will establish if a equips young Africans with from Atlantic Philanthropies academic staff and senior officers simple, accurate blood test for the skills and knowledge to and £1 million grants from the in cultivating and managing the disease can become a reality, become leading analysts and Garfield Weston Foundation, relationships with donors and enabling not just the tracking of policymakers on peace, security the Wolfson Foundation, potential donors. the progression of AD, but also and development in Africa. (See Macmillan Cancer Support and Gemma Peters, Development seeking to prevent and target it page 10 for more details.) the Department of Health. The Director, says: ‘To have raised with effective and innovative King’s project to create Institute aims to be a global hub £50 million in the current climate treatments, partly by leading to Europe’s leading neuroscience for palliative care. is a fantastic achievement and the potential of shorter and more research institute at Denmark Hill The College also receives one that is testament to the affordable clinical trials. took a step closer to completion significant support from its inspirational work happening Professor Lovestone comments: last July with a major donation alumni and former staff. Annual across King’s. As the College’s ‘Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s of £5 million from the Maurice donations, for example through ambition has grown so the disease are one of the most Wohl Foundation. In recognition gifts large and small to the Annual number of donors who have important targets for research. of this support the Clinical Fund, provide a foundation of wanted to invest their money in By combining the best clinical Neuroscience Institute is to support that further enhances the us has increased.’

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World’s leading judges at King’s

UPPA SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING judges including the US Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Roberts, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Judge, and the President Elect of the UK’s Supreme Court, Lord Phillips, took part in a three-day conference at King’s at the end of July.

A fresh look at the role of supreme courts

Organised by the Centre of European Law at King’s and the Royal Courts of Justice, the conference Legal boundaries, common problems and the role of the Supreme Court was held in the College’s Great Hall at the Strand Campus. The purpose of this conference was to take a fresh look at the current and evolving role and function of supreme courts and constitutional courts. The conference comes before the first UK Supreme Court opens in early October 2009. Professor Piet Eeckhout, From left: Chief Justice Roberts, Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and Lord Phillips. Director of the Centre of European Law, comments: supreme court and looked at in Ghana’s political history; Court of NSW; and Andrew Le ‘The conference was a unique some examples of how supreme Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias Sueur, Professor of Public law venture comprising a galaxy of courts across the world have became Chief Justice in 1999 at Queen Mary, University of judicial stars: chief justices and shown leadership when dealing and was awarded the New London. other judges of supreme and with these issues. Zealand Order of Merit the The panel discussed the constitutional courts from around same year. Dame Sian became a commons problems they face and the world, and across common member of the Supreme Court the value of deriving assistance law, civil law, and European ‘A unique venture on its establishment in January from, and comparing the practices jurisdictions. comprising a galaxy of 2004; Justice Kate O’Regan was of, other supreme courts. ‘With the assistance of select appointed in 1994 as a judge to Earlier in the week guests at the academics they developed a judicial stars’ the newly formed Constitutional conference also addressed topics tremendous dialogue about the Court in South Africa; Lord including: the role and function role of supreme courts and about This was followed by a panel Phillips who in 2008 was of supreme and constitutional how they could learn from each discussion, chaired by Lord appointed as the Senior Lord courts; response of the law to other. The conference reflects Phillips, on the topic. The panel Appeal in Ordinary and social and economic King’s position as a truly global included: Chief Justice Roberts, from October 2009 change – the role of the Law School, and London as who was appointed to the United will be the President courts; the influence of the ideal venue for judicial and States Court of Appeals for the of the Supreme the European Convention academic dialogue.’ District of Columbia Circuit Court of the United of Human Rights; The final session of the in 2003. President George W Kingdom; Chief response of the Law to conference was on freedom Bush nominated him as Chief Justice Spigelman, current ethical issues of expression. Lady Justice Justice of the United States, and the Lieutenant – the role of the Arden DBE, who has been the he took his seat in September Governor of courts; the influence designated judge in charge of 2005; Chief Justice Georgina News South of international law international judicial relations Wood who is the first woman Wales and and foreign case law and since 2005, talked on freedom in Ghana to head the Judiciary Chief Justice the influence of European of expression and the role of a and is the highest-ranking female of the Supreme Union law.

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Fair Access to the Professions report

GREG FUNNELL THE RT HON ALAN MILBURN MP, Chair of the Fair Access to the Professions Panel, launched the conclusions of the Fair Access to the Professions report at King’s Guy’s Campus in July. The report concluded that without action to address Britain’s ‘closed shop’ mentality, tomorrow’s generation of talented young people would miss out on a new wave of social mobility. King’s was chosen as the location for the launch as it offers a highly successful widening participation initiative that enables bright, motivated pupils from inner London state schools to study medicine. The Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) began in 2001 and there are currently more than 250 students on the programme. Students from the first three cohorts have graduated and are now qualified doctors in hospitals across the UK. EMDP students Chenai Mautsi (left) and Emily Dalton with the Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP.

£10.5 million for Medical Engineering Centre

King’s has been awarded imaging and genetics. £10.5 million as part of a The Medical Engineering new funding round from Centre at King’s will play The Wellcome Trust and the an important role in meeting Engineering and Physical the growing demand for Sciences Research Council for better techniques to diagnose four new Centres of Excellence osteoarthritis, to reduce the in Medical Engineering. need for further hip and knee Four interdisciplinary replacement operations, research teams at King’s, and to develop new imaging the University of Leeds and technologies with the potential Oxford University will receive to predict strokes and heart a combined total of £41 million attacks, for example. over the next five years. Professor Reza Razavi, The funding will help to who will head up the Centre develop integrated teams of at King’s, said: ‘We will clinicians, biomedical scientists conduct world-class clinical and world-class engineers with trials to show the benefit of the capacity to invent high-tech new discoveries in imaging solutions to medical challenges, technology. This has the potentially improving thousands Professor Reza Razavi will head up the Medical Engineering Centre at King’s. capacity to give patients of patients’ lives. access to new tools for earlier Engineers have been at the limbs, devices to monitor the continue to advance at great and more precise diagnoses forefront of medical innovation physiological state of patients, pace, it is crucial that the links of cancer and heart disease, throughout the history of and instruments to maintain between these disciplines are better targeted therapies, less medicine, benefiting millions bodily functions, such as the maintained, especially with the invasive surgery, and improved of people with tools such implantable pacemaker. As potential for groundbreaking techniques for rebuilding tissue as implants and prosthetic both medicine and engineering advances in fields such as after surgery.’

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Centre for Biomedicine & Society

DAVID TETT WHAT IS THE LIKELY IMPACT OF US (Social Science of Biomedicine), President Obama’s policies on Steven Wainwright (Sociology the global economy of embryonic of Medicine, Science & Arts), stem cell research? What ethical and Brian Salter (Politics of and regulatory issues does the Biomedicine). current boom of personal genome Illustrating the collaboration tests raise, and how can they be of CBAS staff and students with addressed? colleagues from other schools and Issues like these lie at the disciplines, inaugural lectures core of the work carried out at were introduced by Professor the interdisciplinary Centre for Peter Braude (Women’s Health), Biomedicine & Society (CBAS). Professor Peter Jones (Beta Cell Since its inception in May 2007, Laboratory) and Dr Stephen CBAS has grown very fast, Minger (King’s Stem Cell running a successful MSc and From left (front row): Professor Peter Braude, Professor Denise Lievesley, Professor Clare Biology Laboratory). The event intercalated BSc programme, and Williams and Dr Barbara Prainsack. From left (back row): Dr Stephen Minger, Professor concluded with a lecture by one Peter Jones and Professor Steven Wainwright at the official launch of CBAS. attracting funded PhD students of the pioneers of the sociology and post-docs from the sciences official launch at the Strand from the UK and overseas, of bioethics, Professor Emerita and social sciences alike. Campus on 18 June. The event, featured inaugural lectures Renée C Fox (University of The Centre celebrated its which attracted 160 guests by Professors Clare Williams Pennsylvania). New London Dental Education Centre opens

THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART The dedicated high London Dental Education Centre specification facility is a joint (LonDEC) was officially opened enterprise between King’s and at King’s by Ann Keen MP, the London Deanery, acting on Parliamentary Under Secretary of behalf of NHS London. The State for Health Services, in the Centre is based in the Franklin- presence of Dr Barry Cockcroft, Wilkins Building, Waterloo Chief Dental Officer. Campus. Professor Nairn Wilson, Dean and Head of the Dental State-of-the art Institute at King’s, said: ‘The education centre Dental Institute is delighted to be working in partnership with From left: Ann Keen MP, Professor Nairn Wilson, Dean and Head of the Dental Institute, and London Deanery to create a Elizabeth Jones, Dean of Postgraduate Dentistry. The £2 million facility will help state-of-the-art education centre drive up and improve clinical to enhance hands-on training and learning of immediate practical simulation units. It also offers training in new approaches to related continuing professional relevance to the clinical practice eight operating microscopes to the delivery of oral health care development for all members of of dentistry.’ enable high quality dentistry and for London’s dental community. the dental team. The Centre comprises a a full immersion simulation suite It will also improve clinical ‘It is hoped that LonDEC will comprehensive training suite for team training in both infection leadership via personal and be a platform on which to develop including a dental skills training control and the management of professional development. and build innovations in lifelong room equipped with 26 clinical medical emergencies.

Accelerating personalised mental healthcare

A powerful new research facility Health. The Biomedical Research key translational initiatives to Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust at the heart of King’s Health Centre (BRC) Nucleus is funded support the development of and King’s, the BRC Nucleus Partners Academic Health by a £3 million infrastructure novel therapies and treatments will bring together expertise in Sciences Centre was launched grant from South London and for mental health and related epidemiological, biological and by Professor Dame Sally Davies, Maudsley Charitable Funds disorders. Part of the National bio-statistical research to power Director General of Research (£1.8 million) and Guy’s and St Institute for Health Research the collection, linkage, integration and Development and Chief Thomas’ Charity (£1.2 million) funded specialist BRC for Mental and analysis of complex data in a Scientific Adviser, Department of to create a unique centre housing Health at South London and way not previously possible.

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Spin-out raises £50 million PROXIMAGEN, A KING’S SPIN- of the College, Peter Jenner, Professor Jenner, the out company focusing on an international expert on Company’s Chief Scientific neurodegenerative diseases, has Parkinson’s disease. It was Officer and a Non-Executive raised £50 million in one of the floated on the Stock Exchange in Director, comments: ‘This is an largest biotech fundraisings in the 2005 and the College is a major amazing achievement for the UK in the past ten years. shareholder. In 2005, Proximagen College and for King’s Business won the Times Higher ‘Business in seeing one of its spin-out Initiative of the Year’ award. companies come to maturity ‘Academic excellence Parkinson’s disease is a and move to another level in and the financial world neurological condition largely the biotech sector. It really does affecting older people. There show what can be achieved when working in harmony’ are around 120,000 patients in academic excellence and the the UK and current treatments financial world work in harmony.’ The funds will provide the are effective in the initial stages Proximagen has a licensing company with the ability of the illness but the benefits agreement worth $232 million to acquire and in-licence decline as the illness advances. with Upsher-Smith Laboratories, new drug development Professor Peter Jenner Proximagen’s current pipeline Inc; a strategic partnership programmes and advance them focuses on improvements in agreement with Boehringer to commercialisation. With biotechnology sector in the UK. symptomatic treatment of Ingelheim; and has received the success of the fundraising Proximagen was founded Parkinson’s disease and in the funding from The Michael J Fox Proximagen now becomes in 2003 by Professor of prevention of the progression of Foundation in conjunction with a major company in the Pharmacology and Fellow the illness. Elan Corporation plc. The Compass celebrates its first birthday

GREG FUNNELL questions which students can enthusiastic and willing to help. browse 24 hours a day. I recently went there to get a The Compass staff pride student letter and my adviser themselves on providing excellent went above and beyond the customer service to King’s level of service I had anticipated.’ students. The Compass team thanks Ryan Wain, KCLSU staff and colleagues from other President and a frequent visitor departments for their help and to The Compass, says: ‘I would support throughout this first year. encourage all students to visit For more information about The Compass and see what’s The Compass visit on offer. The staff are friendly, www.kcl.ac.uk/thecompass New arrival guide for students GREG FUNNELL Members of The Compass team. The Compass is introducing a new pocket-sized arrival THE COMPASS, KING’S FIRST STUDENT prospective and current students. guide for students. The guide, support centre, celebrates its first The Compass has also hosted designed by the Corporate birthday this month. drop-in sessions from some of Design Unit, informs new The Compass is a purpose- the College’s specialist teams students about Student built student centre, situated in including, Student Advice and Services at King’s. The guide the Macadam Building, Strand International Student Support, is being trialled at the Strand Campus. Providing enquiry and Student Funding, Equality and Campus, with the intention support services to assist students Diversity, The Graduate School of issuing it across campuses with their living experience, it and a Dissertation Clinic for next September if deemed also offers a comfortable study taught postgraduate students. a success by students. Any space which students can use February saw the launch departments wishing to between lectures. of Compass Online allowing generate inserts that could be Since the centre opened its students to send an enquiry or held within the wallet should doors to students last September request to the team remotely contact Maya Schram, Head the Compass team has handled and track progress. It also houses of The Compass. more than 30,000 enquiries from a databank of frequently asked

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Portsmouth Dental Academy

A TURF CUTTING CEREMONY WAS President of the British Dental Administration, and Dr Mark experience in leading a dental recently held on the site of Association and of the General Woolford, Director of Education team in the provision of primary the new Portsmouth Dental Dental Council, cut the first turf. at the Dental Institute, along with care dentistry. Academy. This development will the team from Portsmouth. ‘This will enhance the students’ give final-year dental students To date the construction of opportunity to obtain the best from the Dental Institute the The Academy is on time the new Academy building is choice of jobs in vocational and opportunity to work with dental and within budget on schedule and within budget. foundation training, but more hygiene and therapy students in Dr David Radford, who is soon importantly will promote their the provision of primary dental to take up post as the King’s understanding of the value of the care for the local population of This marks a new and exciting Director of Clinical Studies team in integrated dental care. Portsmouth. phase in the Dental Academy at the Portsmouth Dental This, combined with working Scheduled to open in autumn initiative, following three and Academy, said: ‘The Portsmouth in a brand new facility costing 2010, the Academy is an a half years of planning by Dental Academy is an exciting around £10,000,000 in the heart innovative partnership between Professor Nairn Wilson, the Dean opportunity for half our final- of the Portsmouth docklands King’s Dental Institute and the of the Dental Institute, Professor year students to study alongside redevelopment, means the Year University of Portsmouth with Stephen Dunne, Head of the other members of the dental team 5 students in 2010 will be highly funding support from the NHS. Dental Practice & Policy Group, and, for the first time, receive privileged pioneers in dental Dame Margaret Seward, Past- Jeremy Williams, Director of instruction and gain first-hand education in the UK.’ The Church in London project launches

From left: Professor John Wolffe, The Open University; Professor Arthur Burns; Professor Philip Esler, Chief Executive, AHRC; Dr Richard Chartres, Bishop of London; Professor Brigid Heywood, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) The Open University and Chris Mottershead, Vice-Principal (Research & Innovation) at King’s. Below: Westminster Abbey.

A PIONEERING PROJECT AIMING TO Professor Arthur Burns in the Knowledge Transfer grant. It is disseminate important new Department of History, School among the first venture of its insights into the modern history of Arts & Humanities. The kind involving academic of religion in London was team will work with the leading historians collaborating, not launched in June at a reception national depository for English with a gallery or museum, but at Lambeth Palace. religious history, Lambeth with a major public institution, Dr Richard Chartres, the Palace Library, and the Anglican as the Church of England Bishop of London, spoke at the Diocese of London. seeks to unlock its own history event along with the Project The project, ‘Building on to bring insights to its clergy, leader, Professor John Wolffe of History: The Church in London’, congregations and the broader The Open University. is funded by an Arts and multicultural community of King’s involvement is led by Humanities Research Council contemporary London.

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Imaging people with psychopathy

PROFESSOR DECLAN MURPHY AND in the brain which may underpin AP/PA an imaging method called in colleagues Dr Michael Craig these types of behaviour and vivo diffusion tensor magnetic and Dr Marco Catani from the provide a more comprehensive resonance imaging tractography Institute of Psychiatry have understanding of criminal to analyse the uncinate fasciculus found differences in the brain psychopathy. in those with psychopathic which may provide a biological Dr Craig said: ‘If replicated personality disorder. They found explanation for psychopathy. The by larger studies the significance a significant reduction in the results of their study are outlined of these findings cannot be integrity of the small particles in the paper Altered connections on overestimated. The suggestion that make up the structure of the road to psychopathy, published of a clear structural deficit the uncinate fasciculus of those in Molecular Psychiatry. in the brains of people with with psychopathic personality The research investigated psychopathic personality disorder disorder, compared to control the brain biology of people has profound implications for groups of people with the with psychopathic personality clinicians, research scientists and same age and IQ. Also, the disorder who have convictions the criminal justice system.’ degree of abnormality was that include attempted murder, While psychopathy is significantly related to the manslaughter, multiple rape strongly associated with serious Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert degree of psychopathy. These with strangulation and false criminal behaviour and repeat DeSalvo is seen minutes after his capture on results suggest that those with 25 February 1967. imprisonment. offending, the biological basis psychopathic personality disorder Using a powerful imaging of psychopathy remains poorly between the specific brain regions have biological differences in the technique the researchers understood. To date, nobody has implicated in psychopathy. brain which may help to explain highlighted biological differences investigated the ‘connectivity’ The team from King’s used their offending behaviours.

Blindness breakthrough Saliva test for early birth risk

A study led by Professor Lucilla Poston has shown that women going into early preterm labour have low levels of progesterone in their saliva as early as 24 weeks of gestation, and that these levels fail to rise during pregnancy in the normal way. This offers the possibility of developing a simple, non-invasive test to of women delivering after identify women at increased spontaneous labour before risk of delivering early. 34 weeks was significantly Progesterone is the primary lower than those giving birth hormone of pregnancy. It is at term (after 37 weeks) at all produced in large amounts gestational ages from 24 weeks A GROUND-BREAKING LASER back of the eye becomes clogged and stops the womb from onwards. Low levels of the treatment developed by Professor with natural waste materials contracting. Researchers at hormone in the maternal body John Marshall from the Rayne produced by the light-sensitive King’s and University College could contribute to bacterial Institute, could help reverse the cells, which clouds vision. In London collected specimens infection, a recognised cause effects of age-related macular youthful eyes, enzymes clear of saliva from pregnant women of early preterm labour. degeneration (AMD) the leading away the debris, but as the ageing every week from 24 weeks Researchers believe saliva cause of blindness in over 60s in process sets in this system can fail. of gestation until 34 weeks progesterone could be a useful the western world. The painless ‘short pulse’ laser or delivery. Results showed predictor of early preterm works by boosting the release of that the concentration of labour and delivery. A larger the enzymes to clean away the progesterone in the saliva study is planned. Promising early tests waste without damaging the cells that enable us to see. Early tests Improvements to sight were proved promising in around 50 suffering from AMD in one eye two to five years and that one day reported in early proof of concept people with diabetic eye disease with the aim of saving the sight people in their 40s with a family trials. AMD affects more than - chosen as a model because the in their better eye for as long as history of AMD could choose 200,000 people in the UK and problems develop faster than in possible. to have the treatment as a way attacks the central vision. It AMD. Professor Marshall plans Professor Marshall hopes the of preventing the onset of the develops when a membrane at the more studies in patients already treatment will be available within condition.

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$1.7m for African Leadership Centre

KING’S HAS BEEN AWARDED A GRANT security and development that of $1,680,000 from the Carnegie will enable them to formulate Corporation of New York to fund and implement future policy Peace and Security Fellowships in this area. The knowledge of at the African Leadership Centre these young leaders is intended (ALC), an initiative that offers to lead to transformative change unique opportunities to young at national, sub regional and African students equipping them regional levels. Apart from with the skills and knowledge to providing training and mentoring, become Africa’s leaders of the the ALC also aims to evolve future. into a Pan African centre of excellence on peace, security and development. Unique opportunities to The Carnegie grant will enable young African students 21 young African scholars over three years to complete master’s courses in ‘Conflict, Security and The African Leadership Development’, or ‘International Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director of the Conflict, Security & Development Group. Centre was formed in July 2008 Peace and Security’ at King’s, as a partnership between King’s starting in 2010. These scholars, and receive supervision to development of this core network and Kenyatta University in who will be Fellows of the ALC, undertake specified research as of select African universities to Nairobi, Kenya. The ALC aims will benefit from institutional part of an attachment to a core develop and sustain programmes to produce a cadre of young visits and exchanges with other number of African universities. on peace, security and Africans with expertise in peace, scholars working in this field, The grant will also facilitate the development. Launch of Greek Alumni Branch

IN MAY MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE alumni branch committee. gathered at the British A speech from Spyros Ambassador’s Residence Taliadouros, (European in Athens for the official Community Law, 1981), launch of the King’s Greek Deputy Minister of National Alumni Branch. Education (Greece), highlighted The guests viewed a his great pleasure in seeing King’s photography exhibition of alumni in Greece ‘finally finding King’s and the city of London, their own voice and declaring the Principal gave an update their sense of community’. on activities at the College, and The alumni community in alumnus and President of the Greece now totals almost new alumni branch Mr Paris 1,500, including 900 based Dimitris Lemonakis, Vice-President of the Greek Alumni Branch, presents the Principal, Vallides introduced the new in Athens. Professor Rick Trainor, with a gift on behalf of the branch.

Joint PhD programmes and dual law degree with HKU

King’s and The University of will allow scientific research the crests of both universities. aimed at the best students from Hong Kong (HKU) have signed students to work jointly in The new dual degree in Hong Kong, the Asia Pacific collaboration agreements to the laboratories of the two Law is a five-year programme region, the UK and beyond. establish a framework for future institutions, supervised by leading to the award of two Professor Timothy Macklem, joint PhD programmes in Law faculty members from both degrees: the HKU LLB and Head of King’s Law School, and a dual degree programme. universities and examined to King’s LLB in English Law said: ‘This collaboration offers a Both agreements were signed the standards of both. Upon and Hong Kong Law. For the unique opportunity to study law by Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, successful completion of the first time, students will be able at two of the best law schools in Vice-Chancellor and President programme, a student will be to study for two concurrent the world. We expect graduates of HKU, and Professor Rick conferred a PhD degree jointly qualifying law degrees, to have a unique skill set that Trainor, Principal. awarded by HKU and King’s, spending two years at King’s will set them apart in the world The joint PhD framework earning a certificate that bears and three years at HKU. It is of law and jurisprudence.’

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Professor Denise Lievesley GREG FUNNELL Professor Denise Lievesley joined King’s last October as Head of the School of Social Science & Public Policy.

What is your area of expertise? in establishing systems of good governance My discipline is statistics, a subject about and to support our fellow professionals in their which I am passionate. I have never regretted fight for statistics of integrity to underpin this choice as it has given me superb democracy. opportunities to work in many environments, both nationally and internationally. However What attracted you to King’s? I came upon it more by accident than design. This is my first academic post though I am a My father spent his career as a regular Fellow of UCL and have held honorary and soldier and his postings took our family to visiting positions at the University of Durham, numerous different locations. I was always City University in London and INRS in the new girl in school which made it difficult Montreal in Canada. For seven years in the to develop strong relationships with teachers 1990s, I was based at Essex University where who might advise me on an appropriate career I directed the UK Data Archive, one of path. I thought I might do something useful the oldest electronic archives of social connected with mathematics but I had no and economic data established to promote idea what until I chanced upon an article the sharing of data for research and about statistics. Despite my rather odd bag teaching purposes. Fact file of A-levels, which included Mathematics, High among the list of features which English and Art, I summoned up the courage attracted me to King’s are the international Book on my bedside table to apply to UCL to study statistics and was diversity of its staff and students, the College’s After the Party, Andrew Feinstein’s account somewhat surprised to be offered a place. strong ethical base and its constant striving of his time as an ANC MP in the first post- for self-improvement. apartheid Government of South Africa. Tell us about your career. I have held a variety of applied statistical How do you see your role? Favourite holiday destination and related posts and a theme running I see my role as an opportunity to contribute I have fond memories of many childhood constantly through my career has been the to the development and implementation of vacations in places such as Malaya, with collection, sharing, use and preservation of the College’s strategy whilst being close to its pristine and at that time undiscovered high quality social and economic data with the academic coalface. There is much to learn beaches, where we were stationed with the a view to informing public policy. Perhaps and understand about College structure, Army. the position I found most rewarding was as the levers for change and the pressures of Director of Statistics at UNESCO, which academic life but my ambition is to make a Proudest work moment is probably the closest I shall get to fulfilling difference by adding value without increased On my resignation from UNESCO, a my early ambition to help in alleviating bureaucracy. group of ambassadors commented at the poverty through improving education The School is structured rather General Assembly that the Institute for and empowering people across the world. unconventionally, with academics grouped Statistics was ‘the jewel in UNESCO’s The mission of my Institute was to collect around themes within the School’s six crown’ – a compliment not just to me cross-nationally comparable statistics on departments of Management, Education but also to the brilliant and committed education, science, technology, culture and Professional Studies, Geography, War multinational team we had built in and communication and to promote their Studies, Public Policy and Defence Studies. Montreal. informed use for development. These themes are varied but all of them An aspect of my career I have particularly involve colleagues from different backgrounds treasured is my extensive involvement in working together, an interdisciplinarity which Future plans? professional societies. At the age of 20 I was I see as one of our great strengths. Many of my colleagues are at the peak taken to a meeting of the Royal Statistical Another strength is our contribution to the of their fields and held in high esteem by Society by my Professor and was hooked development of public policy across a very other academics and by those in senior from then on. I am very proud therefore to wide spectrum: from national security to positions in the public sector. We are have been President of the Society from 1999 conflict resolution; from managing the city to financially strong, we did very well in the to 2001 and to be the current President of adapting to climate change; from the impact RAE results and we have a fast growing the International Statistical Institute, the first of educational choice to the problems faced student body. But guarding against woman to hold this position. My presidency by ageing societies; from the ethical dilemmas complacency is important. culminated this year with the world congress posed for society by medical advances to the Our financial base must be further for statisticians, hosted by South Africa, the identification of bullying in the NHS. strengthened, new research must be first time since 1853 that one of these biennial Above all, I welcome the opportunities supported and colleagues must be encouraged congresses has taken place in sub-Saharan to acknowledge the dedication and hard to aim high in their publications. We also need Africa. This was a wonderful opportunity to work of our staff and students and to celebrate to listen more attentively to our students’ celebrate major advances on that continent their achievements. views of their experience at King’s.

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AWARDS and were elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences with 40 Tutu awarded top US honour of the UK’s foremost doctors GREG FUNNELL Royal Society and medical researchers. The Desmond Tutu, former Academy of Medical Sciences Archbishop of South Africa, promotes advances in medical Nobel Peace Laureate, Fellow science and campaigns to ensure and alumnus of King’s, has these are translated into benefits been awarded the Presidential for patients. Medal of Freedom, the highest Shitij Kapur, Professor of US civilian honour. Schizophrenia, is Vice Dean US President Barack and Dean-elect (2010) of the Obama bestowed the medal on Institute of Psychiatry and Head Desmond Tutu and 15 others Desmond Tutu of Schizophrenia, Imaging and praised as ‘agents of change’. Therapeutics. The Presidential Medal of African apartheid system. He Michael Kopelman, Professor Freedom is given to individuals was awarded the Nobel Peace of Neuropsychiatry, is Head of who have made an especially Prize in 1984 for his work as Neuropsychiatry at the Institute meritorious contribution to the Secretary General of the South of Psychiatry. security or national interests African Council of Churches to Professor Tom Lehner Professor John Marshall is the of the United States, or world end apartheid, and he chaired Frost Professor of Ophthalmology, peace, or cultural or other the Peace and Reconciliation Tom Lehner, Professor of Basic in the Wolfson Centre for Age- significant public or private Commission in South Africa and Applied Immunology from Related Diseases in the School of endeavours. in the 1990s. the Mucosal Immunology Unit Biomedical & Health Sciences Barack Obama described Desmond Tutu took his at the Dental Institute, has been and Chairman of the Academic Tutu as ‘tribune of the down- Bachelor’s and Master’s awarded an honorary fellowship Department of Ophthalmology, at trodden, voice of the oppressed, degrees at King’s in the 1960s. of the Royal Society of Medicine St Thomas’ Hospital. canter of our conscience’. He was Visiting Professor in recognition of his huge and Lucilla Poston, Tommy’s A priest first and foremost, in Post-Conflict Societies at sustained contributions to Professor of Maternal and Fetal Desmond Tutu is regarded King’s in the spring term of the field of basic and applied Health, is Head of the Division of as one of the great civil rights 2004 and has been a Fellow immunology. Reproduction and Endocrinology activists for his leadership in of King’s since 1978. He is a Professor Lehner joined the and Director of the Maternal the fight against the South regular visitor to the College. Dental Institute (formerly Guy’s and Fetal Research Unit, in the Hospital Medical and Dental School of Biomedical & Health School) in 1963. He joined the Sciences. supports the humanities and Oral Medicine Department, These nominations bring the social sciences. It aims to inspire, the first and most distinguished number of King’s Fellows to 39 of recognise and support excellence Department of its kind. the 947 in the Academy. and high achievement across the Stephen Challacombe, UK and internationally. Professor of Oral Medicine, Honoured to be elected to the Vice-Dean and Director of BA Fellow Fellowship, Professor Silk said: ‘I External Strategy, said he had GREG FUNNELL feel it a kind of vindication of the made ‘enormous contributions to intellectual and academic open- dentistry and oral medicine and endedness that has always been the field of Oral Immunology at the heart of my efforts within which he established virtually Classics – to relate classical single-handed’. In his career literature to literature as a whole – Professor Lehner has published and which is currently reflected, Professor Ian Norman 250 original peer review papers at King’s, in my position within and 50 books and reviews. His the Comparative Literature research, teaching and clinical work has ranged from the early programme.’ practice in mental health care. classification of oral and systemic The key role he has played in candidiasis to mucosal vaccines shaping evidence-based practice against HIV. RCN Fellow and the promotion of nursing Professor Lehner has received scholarship was also highlighted. numerous awards including the Professor Ian Norman, Associate Professor Norman joins a small CBE in 2003 and the FKC in Dean of the Florence Nightingale group of nursing luminaries on 2004. Professor Michael Silk School of Nursing & Midwifery, the honours list and adds to the has been honoured by the Royal growing compliment of Fellows Michael Silk, Professor of Classical College of Nursing (RCN) with within the School. Professors Academy Fellows & Comparative Literature, a Fellowship – the highest award Sarah Cowley, Alison While and has been elected as a Fellow granted by the Royal College. Anne Marie Rafferty CBE are Four of the College’s leading of the British Academy (BA). Professor Norman was Fellows of the Queen’s Nursing academics have been recognised Established by Royal Charter commended for his outstanding Institute, and Professor Rafferty is for excellence in medical science in 1902, the BA champions and contribution and leadership in also a Fellow of the RCN.

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the Department of Infectious APPOINTMENTS Professor Anne Greenough, Outstanding Diseases won the same award in Head of the School of Medicine Investigator 2008 to support his research into at King’s and the Director of HIV. KHP Executive the Neonatal Intensive Care Professor Mathias Gautel from Unit at King’s College Hospital, the Cardiovascular Division has In June the Partnership Board of has been appointed as Director received the 2009 Outstanding National Teaching King’s Health Partners Academic of Education and Training, Investigator Award of the Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) while Professor John Moxham, International Society for Heart Fellowship announced the appointment of currently Medical Director at Research (ISHR). Sharon Markless, a Lecturer in Professor Robert Lechler as the King’s College Hospital, has Professor Metin Avkiran, also Higher Education within King’s first Executive Director. This been appointed as Director of of the Cardiovascular Division, Learning Institute, has been was followed by further Clinical Strategy, and Professor who is Secretary General of awarded a National Teaching appointments to a permanent Frank Walsh, currently Interim the ISHR, comments: ‘This Fellowship Award from the Executive in July. Director of Research for King’s international award is designed to Higher Education Academy. Professor Lechler served Health Partners and Professor recognise an outstanding scientist National Teaching Fellowships as Interim Director since of Neuroscience at King’s, has who not only has made major were established to promote December 2008, and led the been appointed as Director of contributions to the advancement excellent teaching in universities. successful King’s Health Partners Research. of cardiovascular science but is Sharon was one of 50 lecturers application to become one of Professor Robert Lechler also leading a growing research and learning support staff just five UK AHSCs formally said: ‘I am delighted that we are programme that is likely to play nationwide who were awarded accredited by the Department of taking another important step an important role in the future. Fellowships worth £10,000 each. Health in March. in establishing the infrastructure ‘With the quality and impact Sharon joined King’s Learning Professor Lechler retains the that is required to drive forward of his work Mathias is a most Institute as a Lecturer in Higher title of Vice-Principal of the King’s Health Partners and to deserving recipient of this Education in 2002. College’s Health Schools and realise our vision and the benefits prestigious award.’ Dr Mark Miodownik, Head has been appointed to the role of that the AHSC will bring to of the Materials Research AHSC Director on a five-year our patients locally and people Group, won King’s first National agreement. further afield.’ Lister Prize Teaching Fellowship in 2006.

Supervisory New Vice-Principal

excellence King’s has announced the The Graduate School has appointment of Professor Eeva announced the results of the 2009 Leinonen as Vice-Principal Supervisory Excellence Awards. (Education). Professor Leinonen joins • Arts & Humanities King’s from the University of Dr Sarah Cooper Hertfordshire where she has Dr Juan Burrone • Biomedical & Health Sciences held the position of Deputy Professor Phillip Gordon- Vice-Chancellor and has Neuroscientist Dr Juan Burrone Weeks been responsible for a diverse has received major external • Florence Nightingale School portfolio that has included recognition of his research with of Nursing & Midwifery Learning and Teaching, the award of the 2009 Lister Professor Peter Griffiths Academic Quality Assurance Institute Research Prize. The • Institute of Psychiatry & Enhancement, Student Professor Eeva Leinonen award is one of only three granted Dr Robert Stewart Experience and Academic annually and the second awarded • Law Portfolio Development. The Principal, Professor in two years to King’s researchers. Professor Piet Eeckhout Professor Leinonen is active Rick Trainor, commented: Dr Burrone joined King’s • Medicine in research in developmental ‘I am delighted that Eeva MRC Centre for Developmental Professor Irene Higginson psycholinguistics, with will be joining us. She has Neurobiology from Harvard • Physical Sciences & particular focus on pragmatic an impressive record of University in 2005 to bring his Engineering language functioning of achievement in leadership and experience in synaptic physiology Professor Mark Harman language impaired children management in the higher to a number of research • Social Science & Public Policy and children on the autistic education sector at both a programmes in the Centre. Professor David Demeritt continuum. local and national level, with The Lister prize gives young Professor Leinonen will take a particular focus on students scientists the opportunity, as Each successful supervisor was up her post on 1 October. As and the university educational Lister Institute Research Prize awarded £1,000. The awards are Vice-Principal, she will replace process more generally; holders, to develop their potential designed to recognise and reward Professor Phil Whitfield who institutional audit and the as research scientists by giving postgraduate supervisors for the retires from the College on 30 national student survey have them flexible funding over a five- outstanding supervision and September after 40 years of been among her more recent year period. support that they offer to research distinguished service to King’s. projects.’ Dr Juan Martin-Serrano from students at King’s.

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Teaching excellence recognised across the College

The winners of the annual Arts & Humanities Florence Nightingale School of Pharmacology & Therapeutics King’s Awards for Excellence Dr Martin Brady, Nursing & Midwifery Dr Slavik Tabakov, Department of in Teaching were announced Department of German Dr Edward Purssell, Department Medical Engineering & Physics last term and presented with Ms Dawn Dodds, of Primary & Intermediate Care their Awards at the Graduation Department of History Physical Sciences & Ceremonies. These awards, now Dr Pat Palmer, Institute of Psychiatry Engineering in their seventh year, provide Department of English Language Dr Kate Tchanturia, Section of Professor Nikolaos Mavromatos, students with an opportunity & Literature Eating Disorders, Psychological Department of Physics to recognise teaching staff Medicine Dr Samjid Mannan, Division of from each of the College’s nine Biomedical & Health Sciences Engineering Schools of study. This year more Dr Glyn Steventon, Law than 140 staff members were Department of Pharmacy Professor Paul Matthews Social Science & Public Policy nominated for the Awards, with Ms Christine Schwobel Dr Rod Dacombe, Department of over 750 students taking part in Dental Institute Management the nominations process. Schools Dr Avijit Banerjee, Medicine can either give the award to one Department of Conservative Professor Janice Rymer, person or divide it between a Dentistry Department of Women’s Health number of individuals. Dr John Halliday, Department of

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Top row from left: Ms Christine Schwobel, Professor Paul Matthews, Dr Edward Purssell and Ms Dawn Dodds. Middle row from left: Professor Nikolaos Mavromatos, Dr Samjid Mannan, Dr Glyn Steventon and Dr Kate Tchanturia. Bottom row from left: Dr Avijit Banerjee and Dr John Halliday.

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2009 College Fellows and Honorary Fellows ALL PHOTOS BY TEMPEST PHOTOGRAPHY

In July more than 2,700 The new Fellows are: • Professor Peter McGuffin, students graduated from • Dr Daniel Abse, alumnus, Professor of Psychiatric King’s at ceremonies held at well-known poet and Genetics and Dean of the Southwark Cathedral and at the novelist and senior clinician Institute of Psychiatry Barbican Centre. The College in chest medicine • Professor David Ricks, also bestowed its Honorary • Michael Billington, foremost Professor of Greek & Fellowships and Fellowships at drama critic in Britain and Comparative Literature at the nine ceremonies. an Honorary Professor in King’s and a former Head the Department of English of the College’s Department The new Honorary Fellows are: • The Hon Sir David Foskett, High of Modern Greek & • Baroness Emerton, life peer and Court Judge in the Queen’s Byzantine Studies and of the President of the Florence Bench Division, and a former School of Humanities Nightingale Foundation President of KCLSU • Professor Fiona Wood, graduate • Professor Jonathan Freeman- • Professor Anne Greenough, of St Thomas’ Hospital Attwood, Principal of the internationally acclaimed Medical School, and Director Royal Academy of Music and neonatologist and of the Royal Perth Hospital a Visiting Professor at King’s paediatrician, Head of the Burns Unit • Martin Paisner CBE, senior School of Medicine at King’s • Dieter Lai-Tak Yih, partner solicitor who is trustee of and Director of the Neonatal in Mallesons Stephen Jaques,

Top row from left: Dieter Lai-Tak Yih, many family trusts and Intensive Care Unit at King’s Hong Kong, and member Michael Billington, Professor Fiona Wood charities including the College Hospital of the King’s College London and Professor David Ricks. Middle row Maurice Wohl Charitable • Professor Sir Andrew Haines, Association Hong Kong from left: Professor Anne Greenough, Foundation alumnus and Director of the Branch since graduating from Dr Daniel Abse, Professor Peter McGuffin and The Hon Sir David Foskett. Bottom: London School of Hygiene King’s (LLB, 1985) Professor Sir Andrew Haines & Tropical Medicine

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Academic promotions Here are details of promotions effective from 1 September 2009 unless indicated otherwise.

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OBITUARIES

Commandant in the rank of Air which are unique in Europe). PROFESSOR JOHN Vice-Marshall. John in particular His benchmark textbook, ERNSTING (1929-2009) developed the pressure jerkins Aviation Medicine, has become that enable pilots to function Ernsting’s Aviation Medicine, and PROFESSOR JOHN ERNSTING DIED ON at high altitude, with a range the Brazilians have named their 2 June after a short illness having of experiments on himself and Ernsting Institute of Aviation been teaching and examining his students. Medicine after him. at the College until the previous On retirement in 1993, he John in his 80s showed more week. became a Visiting Professor in creative energy, attention to John graduated in Physiology the Department of Physiology detail and insistence on the (1949) and Medicine (1952) at where he taught human and highest possible standards than Guy’s Hospital Medical School, applied physiology, and was key found in many half his age. He and then joined the RAF to establishing the Diplomas, will be greatly missed by all who Institute of Aviation Medicine and now MScs in Human and knew him, and for King’s, a where he led its Altitude Applied Physiology, Aviation legend has passed on. Division before becoming Medicine, and the new course Professor Roger Morris, Head of School Director of Research and then in Aerospace Medicine (all of of Biomedical & Health Sciences

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OBITUARIES

DENNIS ALLEN Dennis was a King’s man PROFESSOR GRAHAM THE RT HON LORD (1947-2009) – in that he loved the College STANTON (1940-2009) KINGSLAND FKC and its community on the Strand Campus, and he served NIGEL BOVEY/THE WAR CRY (1942-2009) it loyally, with boisterous enthusiasm. LORD KINGSLAND (FORMERLY SIR He is sadly missed, but Christopher Prout) who died on certainly not forgotten. 12 July practiced at the Bar, was Jenny Briggs, Director of Services for a Deputy High Court Judge, Students and a Member of the European Parliament from 1979-94, becoming both Leader of the PROFESSOR MICHAEL British Conservative MEPs RUSSELL (1932-2009) and Chairman of the European PROFESSOR GRAHAM STANTON DIED Democratic Group. on 18 July after a long battle He was Shadow Lord with cancer. Professor Stanton Chancellor (1997-2008) after IN JUNE THE COLLEGE PAID ITS came to the Department of which he took up the role of respects to Dennis Allen, Theology & Religious Studies Shadow Legal Affairs Minister. Deputy Catering Services as Lecturer in New Testament He was made a Fellow of the Manager, at a celebration of in 1970 and was appointed to College in 2007. his life in the Chapel at the the Chair of New Testament Strand. Dennis had retired from Studies in 1977, a position King’s in July 2008, after 33 he held until his appointment DR SEWERYN CHOMET year’s service, and his many as Lady Margaret’s Professor (1930-2009) friends and colleagues had been of Divinity at Cambridge shocked to hear of his illness so University in 1998. SEWERYN CHOMET WAS BOTH A soon afterwards, and his most He was widely recognised as graduate and former member of untimely death. a leader of his field, serving as the Physics Department as well In the years that he spent PROFESSOR MICHAEL RUSSELL, President of SNTS (the main as a benefactor of the College. at King’s, Dennis was a well- a psychiatrist and research professional society of the field) Although a dedicated teacher, known figure, and a fixture at scientist, was a pioneer in the in 1996-7. During his time at proud of the College and of his so many functions and events. study of tobacco dependence King’s he served as Head of students, King’s was only one As was observed at his funeral and the development of Department and was elected as facet of an extraordinary life. service, Dennis had a wealth treatments to help smokers quit. a Fellow in 1996. After growing up in Nazi- of energy, a lust for fun and Working in London at the occupied Ukraine and arriving a wicked sense of humour Institute of Psychiatry and The in London as a stateless refugee, – he was also very kind and Maudsley Hospital between VH WARREN FKC he combined a career in Physics generous, and many staff had 1969 and 1998 he conducted (1919-2009) with journalism, translating cause to be grateful to him a number of highly original scientific works from and for moral support, practical studies that revolutionised DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR into Russian and running a assistance and always, some our understanding of both Major Victor Henry Warren successful publishing business. good-natured joshing. the pharmacological and commanded an Indian mule In 1993 as part of the Dennis met his wife Jennie psychological basis of tobacco company which journeyed from celebrations for the 40th at King’s, and Jennie too is held smoking. the foot of the Khyber Pass anniversary of the discovery in great affection by the many For public health the to Karachi, sailed to Iraq and of the structure of DNA, he staff who have come to know interventions and treatments then made a 600-mile march to compiled a series of essays her over the years. he developed have had a huge Tripoli to provide infantry units entitled DNA, Genesis of a Anyone who knew Dennis, impact throughout the world in Italy with supplies at the Discovery. knew that Jennie, and their in reducing the morbidity and battle of Monte Cassino. In retirement, a chance son Richard, were the most mortality caused by tobacco. After the war he read enquiry into Prince Albert’s important things in his life His work formed much of the Philosophy and Economics at correspondence with – although he would always evidence base that inspired Oxford and went on to become Wheatstone led him into be on hand at the College the UK NHS Stop Smoking permanent secretary at the another career, as archival to make sure that events ran services launched in the year Ministry of Works in Nigeria. researcher and biographer of successfully; and that when after his retirement. In 1958 he became Secretary Victorian royalty. the circumstances were A fuller obituary by Dr John of St Thomas’ Medical School, He was appointed occasionally challenging, Stapleton, Senior Lecturer, which he helped unite with demonstrator in Physics in no-one knew how fine the line Institute of Psychiatry, is Guy’s to form UMDS before 1956 and lecturer in 1963. He between triumph and disaster available on the Institute of it merged with King’s. He retired in 1987 returning part- might have been. Psychiatry website. became a Fellow in 1996. time as a visiting lecturer.

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Was lawn tennis conceived at King’s? Does lawn tennis owe its origins to the playing fields of the Strand?

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON ARCHIVES

The facade of King’s in 1831, with school pupils running through the Quad.

OU MAY HAVE THOUGHT THE Lawn racquets game of tennis was invented in In the 1850s YFrance. Its name is derived from Harry played the the French ‘tenez’, meaning ‘take heed’ – game of racquets a warning called by the server when about (which is similar to serve. Britain can, however, lay claim to to squash) with having invented lawn tennis (as opposed to his friend Augurio the ‘real’ or ‘royal’ sort, played in a special Perera, a Spanish enclosed court). And now there is evidence merchant based that lawn tennis may owe its origins to the in Birmingham. playing fields of… the Strand. Frustrated by the complex and expensive facilities required for A sketch by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, also a pupil at King’s The Quad playing racquets, however, the two friends College School in the 1830s, showing boys fighting. [King’s College London Archives] Major Thomas Henry (‘Harry’) Gem was developed a simpler game they called ‘lawn born in 1819, the son of a Birmingham racquets’ that could be played on Perera’s solicitor. He was educated at King’s in the lawn in Edgbaston and combined features Gem went on to become Clerk to the days when the College was a secondary of the Basque game of pelota with those of Birmingham magistrates and a major in the school as well as a college, with the Junior racquets. This game may have been played 1st Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. Department housed in the basement of the as early as 1859. In 1872 Gem and Perera He wrote articles on pugilism, horses, bull- Strand. Early illustrations show the younger moved to Leamington Spa where they baiting and other sporting matters including boys fighting and running about in the established a club and the name of their game tennis; he dramatized scenes from Dickens’s Quad, and it was here that Harry seems to changed to ‘lawn tennis’, predating the claims Pickwick Papers, and he was the first president have first shown the sporting prowess that of Major Walter Wingfield to be the inventor of the Birmingham Dramatic Club. But his led to his success in cricket, riding, archery of lawn tennis, the publication of his book real claim to fame lies on a lawn in Egbaston, and athletics. In the 1840s he won a bet by on what he (rather unmemorably) called and perhaps in the Quad at the Strand. He running the 21 miles from Birmingham to ‘sphairistike’, and the debate on the origin of died in 1881. Warwick in under three and a half hours. the game in 1874-5. Christine Kenyon Jones

18 | Comment | September 2009 | www.kcl.ac.uk Focus Nutritional Sciences

ING’S HAS BEEN AT THE forefront of the development of K Nutritional Sciences for over 50 years. Its multidisciplinary approach to the topic is a particular strength, especially the strong interface with medicine, and in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) King’s Nutrition came top of the ‘Subjects allied to medicine’ group, with 30 per cent of its research classed as 4* and 35 per cent classed as 3*. King’s was number one for nutrition in the UK and, with Dentistry, attained the highest RAE score in the College. Nutritional Sciences is part of the School of Biomedical & Health Sciences and is located at the Franklin-Wilkins Building on the Waterloo Campus. Research is also conducted in the Clinical Research Facility and the Rayne Institute at St Thomas’ Hospital. dogs he kept for his experiments. focused on diet and inflammatory bowel Organisation Tom Sanders was appointed to the disease and coeliac disease, and mineral The Nutritional Sciences Division (headed established chair of Nutrition & Dietetics metabolism, which is concerned with the roles by Professor Tom Sanders) is responsible at King’s in 1994 and there are currently of iron, zinc and copper and how the levels of for research and line management of staff, five other professors (including the these minerals are regulated in the body. whereas the Department of Nutrition & clinical Professor of Gastroenterology) The Diet & Cardiovascular Group has Dietetics (headed by Professor Peter Emery) within the Division. recently been successful in achieving major organises and delivers the taught programmes. funding from the Food Standards Agency’s This matrix management operates efficiently Courses ‘Diet and Cardiovascular Health’ programme, and there is a constructive dialogue between The courses offered are the BSc in Nutrition; while the Mineral Metabolism Group has the two entities. the Intercalated BSc in Human Nutrition discovered several proteins involved in iron The Division’s research income in 2007-8 (which attracts medical students from medical transport, and their work has recently been was £1.8 million and it comprises 22 full- schools throughout London and elsewhere in published in the prestigious journal Cell. time academic staff, of whom 15 are in the the UK as well as from King’s); the MSc in In July Professor Victor Preedy won the Department, two in the School of Medicine Nutrition; the BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics, Gourmand Award for ‘the Best Drinks and and five in the Department of Biochemistry. and the MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Book in the World’ for his book Beer There are 20 research staff, 32 doctoral Dietetics. The latter two are funded by in Health and Disease Prevention. Professor students, and two administrative staff. In the the Department of Health and lead to Sanders has recently participated in the Department there are 17 academic staff, some registration with the Health Professions WHO/FAO Joint Expert Consultation on 160 undergraduates and 50 taught graduates. Council as a Dietitian. the role of fats and fatty acids in human The latest development is a dietetics nutrition, and he will give the British History ‘stream’ within the master’s in Clinical Nutrition Foundation Annual Lecture The Department was founded in 1953, at Pedagogy, which is co-ordinated by King’s in November 2009. King’s College of Household and Social Learning Institute. The setting up of the Science in Kensington, which became dietetics stream was funded by a grant Quality and satisfaction Queen Elizabeth College a year later and from the College Teaching Fund, and Nutrition & Dietetics achieved a score of then merged with King’s in 1985. The BSc represents a key component of the working 97 per cent overall satisfaction in the 2009 Nutrition degree programme was launched in in partnership that is developing with NHS National Student Survey: making it the 1953, though the Diploma in Dietetics dietetics departments throughout London. highest-rated for student satisfaction in the had been taught since 1933. The formation of King’s Health Partners College and the highest-rated nutrition John Yudkin who founded the Department offers further opportunities to develop new department in the country. The dietetics was the first Professor of Nutrition & programmes, such as MSc programmes for programmes received the highest possible Dietetics in the UK. Professor Vernon advanced practitioners. ratings from the QAA in the 2005 ‘Major Mottram gave the first ever lectures on Review’ and also in the most recent (2008) nutrition to BSc students in London in 1922. Research ‘Annual Contract Quality Monitoring Before him, Edward Mellanby had carried Research is focussed on three areas: Review’ by NHS London. One of the out classic work identifying vitamin D diet and cardiovascular health, which is highlighted features in the Major Review deficiency as the cause of rickets, though his concerned with how diet and obesity was the enthusiastic participation of work was curtailed in response to complaints influence cardiovascular risk;diet and dietetics students in the King’s Inter- from local residents about the noise from the gastrointestinal health, which is mainly professional Education programme.

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Major life-writing conference

MORE THAN 140 PARTICIPANTS FROM in which ‘lives’ are and can be speakers, praised the organisers GREG FUNNELL countries worldwide took part recorded. Biographers, writers, for putting together a fascinating in ‘The Work of Life-Writing’ museum curators, academics conference. ‘I have seldom heard conference at King’s last term. and others discussed the topic in so many inspiring papers and I This major three-day practice and in theory, and across greatly enjoyed the discussions,’ conference was hosted by a range of genres and media, added Professor Astrid Erll. the Centre for Life-Writing investigating its personal, social The conference organisers Research, in collaboration with and cultural functions. were Professor Clare Brant the Department of English and Speakers included Professor and Professor Max Saunders, Comparative Literature, the Hermione Lee, Professor Sidonie Co-directors of the Centre for College of Arts and Sciences, Smith, Professor Julia Watson, Life-Writing Research, Dr Lara and the Institute for the Arts and Professor Paul John Eakin, Feigel, Department of English, Humanities at the University of Professor Philippe Lejeune, assisted by Alison Wood, and North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr Margaretta Jolly and Jane Danielewicz, Associate The aim was to consider Professor Kathryn Hughes. Professor in the Department the whole field of life-writing, Angela Thirlwell, biographer of of English & Comparative which includes biography and Ford Madox Brown and William Literature at the University of autobiography and other ways and Lucy Rossetti, and one of the North Carolina. Professor Hermione Lee

10k run for Integrated Cancer Centre AKC

A TEAM FROM EXTERNAL RELATIONS Did you know that staff at and King’s Health Partners raised King’s are entitled to study more than £3,000 for King’s for the Associateship of Health Partners’ Integrated King’s College? Cancer Centre (ICC) by taking King’s has had a lively part in the Asics British 10k run and intelligent religious on 12 July. tradition from its foundation. The Integrated Cancer Centre The AKC reflects this with is a collaboration between King’s; a series of open, academic Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS lectures. It provides an Foundation Trust; King’s College opportunity to think about Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Runners from External Relations and King’s Health Partners raised more than £3,000. fundamental questions of and the South East London theology, philosophy and Cancer Network. Its vision is groundbreaking research. organise a similar event contact ethics in a contemporary to provide the very best cancer Most of the money raised was Development & Alumni on context. The AKC is the services to patients, combining via the King’s Just Giving website 020 7848 4701 or email original award of the College first-class clinical care with (www.justgiving.co.uk/kcl). To [email protected] and is unique to King’s. It was first used in 1833. The course is open to all students and staff. Staff are New recording from Chapel Choir supported and encouraged to pursue the AKC as THE CHAPEL CHOIR’S LATEST in 1988 and is a nine-movement part of their own personal recording of Rodion Shchedrin’s work rooted in the tradition development. It involves The Sealed Angel was one of the of Russian Orthodox music. It attending one lecture a editor’s choices in June’s edition was composed to celebrate the week which is shown on all of Gramophone magazine. millennium of Christianity in campuses and passing an end Russia. of year exam. The course lasts The Choir is one of the for three years. ‘A many-layered leading university choirs in Once completed staff are modern masterpiece’ England. Consisting of 25 choral entitled to be elected an scholars and two organ scholars, Associate of the College by it is directed by the College the College Council and have The recording was made jointly Organist, David Trendell, who the letters AKC after their with the Choir of Gonville and magazines, praises ‘a splendid is also a Senior Lecturer in the name. Visit www.kcl.ac.uk/akc Caius College, Cambridge last disc of a multifaceted, many- Music Department. From 9-19 for further details and July. The review in Gramophone, layered modern masterpiece’. September the Choir will tour the to register. one of the leading classical music The Sealed Angel was composed East Coast of the United States.

20 | Comment | September 2009 | www.kcl.ac.uk Around the College

Rare waxworks go on show RARE ANATOMICAL WAXWORKS FROM and some models of pathology the Gordon Museum at King’s and comparative anatomy. have gone on display in a new Gordon Museum curator exhibition at the Wellcome Bill Edwards explains: ‘Towne Collection in Euston. was the pre-eminent anatomical The exhibition, Exquisite modeller of the time. We have Bodies, which runs until 18 over 100 models on display and a October, explores the forgotten further 530 of his works in store. history of the anatomical Like much of our collection, model, which with its unique they’re clinical images – just in combination of serious science media that aren’t common now. and fairground horror provides a Although students have access to rare insight into Victorian beliefs all kinds of imaging technology about the body. now, it’s amazing how often the wax models are still used. And they’re works of art as well – ‘Works of art – almost artworks almost by accident.’ by accident’ More of Towne’s works – dermatological studies – go on display at the Wellcome Among the stars of the show Collection in 2010 as part of an are waxworks by Joseph Towne, exhibition on skin. who was wax modeller to Guy’s The Gordon Museum is the Hospital Medical School for 53 largest medical museum in the years in the 19th century. In that UK and contains some rare and time he produced anatomical unique artefacts. Its primary models, based on the dissections function is to help train medical of demonstrator John Hilton, professionals to diagnose disease, which are still used for teaching. and this is in partly achieved by Towne also produced a very large using the UK’s largest collection number of dermatology models of pathology specimens. Anatomical wax model of a face and neck by Joseph Towne.

Lion’s Den 2009-10 King’s Business funding awards

KING’S BUSINESS AND THE GRADUATE Launched this year the commercialisation. School are about to launch King’s Business Innovation The 2009-10 Innovation the 2009-10 Business Plan Development Fund awarded Development Fund, launched Competition with a total prize more than £90,000 to research this month, will have a total fund of £10,000. projects across the College. value of more than £500,000. This competition is aimed at This fund aims, as part of Projects will be funded early career researchers (post the College’s research and from across the Health doctoral staff), PhDs and masters innovation strategy, to drive Schools, Physical Sciences students at King’s. Benefits to commercialisation of research & Engineering and Arts & participants include acquiring by making awards that Humanities. business and commercial skills ‘pump prime’ a variety To discuss any projects and awareness which will of research, research and or ideas please contact enhance career prospects. The development, consultancy, your relevant Technology programme will also include training, marketing and Transfer Manager or business training and support travel activities. Business Development from business mentors. The awards are intended Manager. For relevant The competition will be to contribute to developing contacts please see: launched on 21 October in early stages of research towards www.kcl.ac.uk/business/kings Chapters at the Strand Campus investigating the feasibility of In 2008-9 the fund made from 18.00-21.30 and will techniques and the viability awards ranging in value include a welcome by King’s questions from the audience. of hypotheses in order that from £3-20,000 to 10 projects. Business, followed by a panel To reserve a place at the launch an opportunity is better A complete list of these session with entrepreneurs who email [email protected] positioned to seek funding, projects can be found at will share their experience of For further information visit investment, collaboration or www.kcl.ac.uk/business/fund setting up a business and answer www.kcl.ac.uk/business/bussplan

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Alumni Weekend 2009 ON THE WEEKEND OF 12-14 JULY MORE than 500 alumni and guests gathered for the Sixth Annual Alumni Weekend. This year’s highlight was the Alumni Literary Festival, a showcase for King’s alumni authors, screenwriters and critics. Among the alumni authors who took part were Maureen Duffy (English, 1956) poet, playwright and novelist; award-winning children’s author Michael Morpurgo OBE (French and English, 1967); Marina Lewycka who began her PhD at King’s and wrote the best-selling A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian; Anne Sebba (History, 1972), biographer, lecturer and journalist; and Janice Hadlow (History, 1978), writer and Controller of BBC2. Literary Panel Chairs Professor Max Saunders, Professor Clare Lees and Professor Clare Brant with Anne Sebba and Maureen Duffy. Other events included a lunch hosted by the Principal and a London landmarks. from the classes of 1946 to 2009. attended Alumni Weekend – range of lectures and exhibitions. Megan Bruns, Head of Alumni We were absolutely thrilled to I wish I had done more in the The King’s College London Relations, said: ‘Alumni travelled welcome so many former students past,’ commented Dr Sophia Symphony Orchestra performed from all over the world to be here and staff for this hallmark event.’ Economides (Electronic & and there were tours of historical and represented over 30 subjects ‘It was the first time I’ve Electrical Engineering, 1999).

News in brief Student soap stars

BERCIA topped the poll and Dr Rosalind THE POPULAR TELEVISION SOAPS The Principal’s Central Team Franklin was named the second Coronation Street and Hollyoaks and College Committee greatest woman scientist of both ran storylines on 20 August decided that the collection and all time. Dr Franklin came featuring A-level students hoping donation of surplus technical to King’s in 1951 and made to attend King’s this month. equipment, books and furniture a major contribution to the The character of Josh should be co-ordinated across discovery of the structure Ashworth played by Sonny King’s. This year the primary of DNA. The photographic Flood in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks recipient of donated materials image, Photograph 51, that she was hoping to make the grade to from the Books and Equipment captured was the clearest of study Music at King’s. Josh did Recycling Collection for DNA and can lay claim to being not obtain a place at the College International Aid (BERCIA) the most important photograph as he didn’t make the grades. initiative are universities within ever taken. Coronation Street’s Amber the Palestinian Territories, Kalirai played by Nikki Patel particularly those in Gaza. 100th issue of staff ezine wanted to study Law. Amber Staff from all campuses made 7 August saw the publication won a place at King’s. generous donations and these of the 100th issue of the King’s The Public Relations are now being sorted and packed Staff ezine since its launch in Department worked with ready to be delivered to Gaza January 2007. To mark this researchers on each of the next month. milestone, the ezine, which programmes and liaised with is published by the Public the Department of Music and Dr Rosalind Franklin Relations Department, was the School of Law to ensure Nikki Patel’s character Amber Kalirai in New Scientist recently asked refreshed. Improvements include that scripts reflect the College’s Coronation Street has won a place at King’s. readers to vote for the female a new masthead, larger images, admission policy. They also scientist they found most a pdf facility and the ability to provided Coronation Street with inspirational. Marie Curie, search back issues. Email ezine@ a prop offer letter and discussed This new icon shows that double Nobel Prize winner, kcl.ac.uk with any feedback. topics such as reading week and the article has featured as accommodation with researchers. a news story on the College website.

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ART AT KING’S Effigy of Dr Yonge GREG FUNNELL

The College’s Maughan Library Converts’, for Jews who converted a terracotta figure of Dr Yonge Pietro Torrigiano (1472-1528) occupies the former Public to Christianity, and from 1377 (Master of the Rolls and Dean of was an Italian sculptor of the Record Office building in Chancery it became the residence of the York, who died in 1516) which was Florentine school. He was one Lane. This magnificent Grade II listed Masters of the Rolls. The Weston sculpted by Pietro Torrigiano. of a group of talented youths Victorian Gothic edifice was built Room incorporates many features This piece was exhibited at Tate who studied art under the between 1847 and 1898 to house from the former Chapel of the Britain as a centrepiece of Image patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici Government records, and was Masters of the Rolls, including and Idol: Medieval Sculpture in in Florence. Torrigiano also created known as ‘the strong-box three 16th- and 17th-century 2001-2. Its inclusion acknowledged Henry VII’s tomb in Westminster of the Empire’. funeral monuments. the impact of the Italian Renaissance Abbey and is notorious for having In the 13th century the site was The most notable of these and the emergence of ambitious broken Michelangelo’s nose in a occupied by the ‘House of the monuments, pictured above, is new categories of secular imagery. tavern brawl.

Summer School success for Arts & Humanities

THE KING’S COLLEGE LONDON SUMMER Professor Jan Palmowski, School has just concluded its Head of the School of Arts & first and very successful year. Humanities, said: ‘This is a Around 60 undergraduate great new way of sharing our students from five continents excellence in research and attended an intensive programme interactive small group teaching of one or two three-week courses and our connections with cultural and optional pre-sessional London with enthusiastic English weeks. Characterised students from around the world.’ by innovative research-based Visit www.kcl.ac.uk/ teaching, visits to London’s summerschool for updates on cultural institutions and expert next year’s programme (5 July guest lectures, courses included to 13 August). This project was topics and disciplines such as piloted by the School of Arts & Shakespeare studies, business Humanities – more Schools have management, commercialising shown an interest in participating creativity and film studies. in 2010. Students participating in the King’s College London Summer School.

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Fish may ward off dementia Pioneering breast cancer trial Professor Paul Ellis, Honorary between Cancer Research UK Senior Lecturer at the College and industry, funded through and Consultant Medical both Cancer Research UK and Oncologist Guy’s & St Thomas’ Pharma educational grants Hospital and King’s College working closely with the Hospital, has led as Principal Institute for Cancer Research Investigator on the largest ever Clinical Trials unit in Sutton. first generation trial to assess As such it potentially has a huge the overall survival benefit to impact not just on UK but also patients of receiving standard global clinical practice. chemotherapy compared The TACT trial confirmed with UK anthracycline-based that standard chemotherapy chemotherapy of similar was as good as higher intensity duration in patients with taxane-based chemotherapy, operable early breast cancer. identifying subgroups of patients RESEARCH LED BY DR EMILIANO China, India, Cuba, Venezuela, The ‘Taxotere as Adjuvant who did benefit from taxanes Albanese from the Institute of Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Chemotherapy Trial’ otherwise and those that clearly did not. Psychiatry has found evidence Republic, found that those who known as TACT was the first TACT was mentioned both that older adults in Asia and ate fish nearly every day were time that all the major UK breast in the US Consensus group Latin America were less likely almost 20 per cent less likely to units (more than 100 units and and by NICE as a key trial to develop dementia if they develop dementia than those who 200 investigators) and clinical whose results were awaited regularly consumed fish. ate fish just a few days a week. trials units (five) collaborated with interest in influencing The study is one of the largest Adults who ate fish a few days a together behind one key clinical practice both globally efforts to document a connection week were almost 20 per cent less question. and that would have important and the first such study likely to develop dementia than It was the first of a now health resource implications undertaken in the developing those who ate no fish at all. successful collaboration for the NHS. world and has been published in ‘There is a gradient effect, so the August issue of The American the more fish you eat, the less Journal of Clinical Nutrition. likely you are to get dementia,’ The study, which included says Dr Albanese. ‘We found the 15,000 people 65 and older in opposite trend for meat.’ Hot tea & oesophagus cancer

PHD STUDENT FARHAD ISLAMI FROM the Thames Cancer Registry ‘e-Science’ transforms research at King’s has been the lead EMERGING RESULTS FROM A MAJOR data needs. By supporting close author on a study published national interdisciplinary collaborations between computer in the British Medical Journal initiative show how advanced scientists and arts and humanities that links the drinking of very computational tools and methods, scholars, AHeSSC, which hot tea to a very high risk of known as ‘e-Science’, can works with the Initiative’s seven oesophagus cancer in northern transform research processes projects in fields as diverse as Iran, where large amounts of across the arts and humanities, distributed performance and the hot tea are drunk every day. and take researchers in new virtual reconstruction of ancient Cancers of the oesophagus diagnosed with OSCC and a directions. The £2 million Arts documents, has highlighted kill more than 500,000 people matched group of 571 healthy and Humanities e-Science new meanings for the term. For worldwide each year and controls from the same area Initiative is co-ordinated by the example, researchers at UCL oesophageal squamous cell were studied. It was found that Arts and Humanities e-Science have undertaken high resolution carcinoma (OSCC) is the compared with drinking warm or Support Centre (AHeSSC), three-dimensional recording commonest type. In Europe and lukewarm tea (65 degrees or less), located in King’s Centre for of museum artefacts which America, it is mainly caused drinking hot tea (65-69 degrees) e-Research. It is funded by the transforms traditional curatorial by tobacco and alcohol use was associated with twice the Arts and Humanities Research practice, and makes the artefacts and is more common in men risk of oesophageal cancer, and Council, the Joint Information available for virtual analysis. than in women, but drinking drinking very hot tea (70 degrees Systems Committee and the Initiative projects at other UK hot beverages is also thought or more) was associated with Engineering and Physical institutions are engaged in to be a risk factor, particularly eight-fold increased risk.’ Sciences Research Council. similarly groundbreaking work. in populations with low The study was carried out e-Science started as an Stuart Dunn, AHeSSC consumption of alcohol and in collaboration with Tehran umbrella term for a set of Research Fellow, said: ‘The tobacco. University of Medical Sciences, computational methods and possibilities are tremendous. Professor Henrik Møller, who The International Agency tools developed in the physical King’s is uniquely placed and we supervised the research from for Research on Cancer and sciences in the last 10 years to are keen to explore opportunities King’s, comments: ‘Tea drinking Queensland Institute of Medical deal with their ever-expanding for collaboration.’ habits from among 300 people Research.

24 | Comment | September 2009 | www.kcl.ac.uk Media watch

Saliva test ‘i before e’ Northern Nigeria Healthcare staff

A simple saliva test could help Dr Bethan Marshall, Senior Dr Wale Ismail, from the A comment article from to cut the toll of potentially Lecturer in English Education, Conflict Security & Jill Maben, Senior Research dangerous premature births, Department of Education Development Group in the Fellow, Deputy Director, a study led by Professor & Professional Studies, Department of War Studies, National Nursing Research Lucilla Poston, Maternal contributed to BBC Radio 4’s was interviewed on the Unit, Florence Nightingale & Fetal Research Unit, Fry’s English Delight and the religious clashes in Northern School of Nursing & claims. Professor Poston Today programme, and also Nigeria on Al Jazeera’s 10 Midwifery, about healthcare was interviewed on BBC1’s articles on English education o’clock news. staff needing more support Breakfast programme and the in the Daily Mail, TES and from employers featured in research was reported in the BBC News Online. the Nursing Times. Daily Mail, Daily Express, Delaying dementia Daily Telegraph, Belfast Telegraph, The Nursing Times Trafalgar Square Michelle Lupton and Dr John Cremation bid and on BBC News Online. Powell, Institute of Psychiatry, Ben Quash, Professor of were interviewed on their Professor Satvinder Juss, Christianity & the Arts, research showing that later School of Law, discussed the Afghanistan Department of Theology retirement delays the onset bid by a devout Hindu for & Religious Studies, and of dementia. The study was the legal right to be cremated Experts from the departments students from his Salvation covered in national, regional on a traditional open-air of War & Defence Studies in the City course were and international media funeral pyre which has been including Professor Theo featured on a Songs of Praise including ITN News, The rejected by the High Court on Farrell, Major-General Julian special on Trafalgar Square. Guardian, Times of India, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Victoria Thompson, Professor Anatol Professor Quash discussed art China Daily and BBC World Derbyshire programme and Lieven, Dr John Gearson, Robert and religion and the role of St Service. also on BBC Radio Newcastle. Fox, Dr Huw Davies and Martin-in-the-Fields in the Dr Warren Chin, commented on growth of the Square. a number of issues surrounding Nuclear proliferation Car insurance UK troops in Afghanistan for media outlets including AMD treatment Dr Harsh Pant, Department Aileen McColgan, Professor of The Times, The Guardian, of Defence Studies, wrote Human Rights Law, argued The Independent, BBC Professor John Marshall from articles on the relationship in The Observer that car News Channel, BBC News the Rayne Institute discussed between the US and India and insurance should not take Online, BBC Good Morning a technique he has developed nuclear proliferation in the gender into consideration Scotland and BBC Radio 5 to reverse the effects of age- South China Morning Post and citing other cases where groups Live’s Victoria Derbyshire related macular degeneration the Japan Times. have been discriminated programme. or AMD on the BBC1 against due to sex, ethnicity Breakfast programme. His and sexuality. research was also featured Psychopathy Milburn report on BBC Wales, CBC News (US), the Phnom Penh Post Research by Professor Declan Henry, King of Kings Dr Pamela Garlick and student (Cambodia), US News & World Murphy and Dr Michael Craig, Chenai Mautsi were interviewed Report, Gulf News, Ghana Institute of Psychiatry, Dr Lucy Wooding, Lecturer about the Extended Medical Broadcasting Corporation, identifying differences in in Early Modern History, Degree Programme on BBC Argentina Star, Newstrack the brains of people with examined Henry VIII’s role Radio 4’s Today programme. India and Thaindian. psychopathic personality as a Renaissance prince, the The programme was also disorder was discussed political powers he wielded discussed on the BBC News on Radio 4’s Material and the fears that beset Channel and BBC1’s 10 Blue language World and the BBC World him in the BBC Radio 3 O’Clock News. Chenai Mautsi Service programme Science programme The Essay. was also featured in The Times. Tony Thorne, language in Action. consultant, commented on words that reflect the national Basic anatomy character in The Sunday Self-confidence Times, the Conservative A study by John Weinman, leader’s use of bad language A study by Corina Greven Professor Robert Plomin Professor of Psychology as in interviews for BBC News and , See www.kcl.ac.uk/headlines applied to Medicine, showing Online and BBC London Institute of Psychiatry, for the latest media coverage the public’s ignorance of Drivetime, and a number of showing that academic self- or on Campus noticeboards. anatomy received coverage other language issues on confidence is 50 per cent Comment is keen to know worldwide including CNN BBC Radio Kent, BBC 6 nature and 50 per cent nurture of any staff featured in the and BBC News. Music and LBC. was covered in national news. media, email [email protected]

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King’s team take up University Challenge Software success TWO UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER Science students triumphed against more than 3,000 entrants to win the Imagine Cup 2009 Software Design Challenge for developing a device to tackle traffic pollution. Third-year students Iulian Nitescu and Christian Bruggemann created ‘Pioneer’, an application to address traffic pollution in cities. Pioneer is a GPS route optimising solution that takes into account existing traffic load to provide congestion- sensitive travel plans, as well as a management infrastructure for calculating and updating navigation routes. A team from King’s competed against Cardiff University on BBC2’sUniversity Challenge on 24 August. The King’s team comprised Now in its seventh year, the Captain Brian Murray (PhD English), Oliver Crawshaw (BA Classics), David Willis (PhD War Studies) and Thomas Graham (MSc Imagine Cup encourages students Public Services Policy). King’s triumphed against their Welsh contenders and moved into the second round. The quiz programme around the globe to imagine a has been presented by Jeremy Paxman (above) since 1994. This was the first King’s team to make it through to the televised rounds since the 1999-2000 series. The team described the experience as ‘intense and definitely worthwhile’. better world in which people are empowered by technology created by the students’ talent go in the past few weeks with and innovation. The competition Top spot for JLS lots of press interviews and challenges students to explore television appearances – it’s their own creativity by using been crazy, but fantastic.’ technology to solve what they Prior to their launch to fame consider to be the toughest on The X Factor, JLS were problems facing the world today. put together by founder band member Ortise Williams. All four band members share a huge National champions passion for music and have been singing all their lives. Beat Again KING’S STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE was released by Epic Records. Daisy Chute (SIFE) Team won the UK JLS will release their debut National Championship beating album later this year. released this month. more than 30 other university King’s musical alumni include The connection was made teams and receiving a standing Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), John when Daisy was researching ovation for their work. They Deacon (Queen) and Andy songs for the record which traces will now represent the UK in the Mackay (Roxy Music). the history of American music. World Cup in Berlin in October. She said: ‘There has been a lot of SIFE is an organisation Jonathan Gill (JB) press about how Mr Obama was that mobilises university Obama link related to seven past presidents. students around the world to KING’S STUDENT JONATHAN GILL’S My mother, who is American, make a difference within their first singleBeat Again, with DAISY CHUTE, 20, SECOND-YEAR knew we were related to at least communities while developing band JLS, was released on 13 Music student and member of three. So we researched to see if the skills to become socially July. Jonathan Gill, 21, known All Angels, a British pop and there was a link.’ responsible business leaders. as JB, is a second-year Theology classical quartet which has sold Daisy says her grandmother, The King’s seven-strong team & Religious Studies student at hundreds of thousands of records, ‘about 12 generations ago’, presented the results of three of the College who is taking a year has discovered she is related to Martha Eltonhead, born in 1628 their 30 student-led volunteering off to focus on his music. The US President Barack Obama. in Lancashire, went to America projects, explaining what each band were finalists on ITV1’s After researching a new album and married Edwin Conway. was about, the impact it has The X Factor last year. of American music she found a Their great-grand-daughter, had on that community, and the The single went straight to link to the President via James Eleanor Rose ‘Nelly’ Conway business principles behind each the top of the UK charts selling Madison, the fourth United married James Madison in to judging panels of business 100,000 copies in its first week States president in the early 19th 1749. His son, James Madison executives. They progressed of release, making JLS the artists century. She now intends to send Jr, was president from 1809 to through the semi-finals and, behind the biggest-selling single a copy of the group’s third album, 1817. Barack Obama and James after presenting to more than in its first week so far this year. Fly Away, to President Obama Madison are third cousins, nine 400 judges and delegates, JB said: ‘It has been all systems with a personal note when it is times removed. won the final.

26 | Comment | September 2009 | www.kcl.ac.uk Books

Jolly Wicked, Actually Performing Gender at Work Bloody Victory Personal Recovery and Mental Illness Tony Thorne, Language consultant Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Department of Dr William Philpott, Management Department of War Studies Dr Mike Slade, Institute of Jolly Wicked, Actually is a Psychiatry gloriously funny and informative Performing Gender at Work is an This is the first book to argue in exploration of Englishness insightful book which explores detail for an overhaul of how we Illustrated by 26 case studies through the very language in how changes in the world of view the Somme. Dr Philpott from around the world, Personal which we speak. work interact with changes in says that, far from being a Recovery and Mental Illness sets King’s linguistic consultant, gender relations. disaster, it was one of the greatest an agenda for mental health Tony Thorne, has condensed The advent of new campaigns of the 20th century. services internationally by our national identity into the technologies and the emergence In this bloody campaign of converting ideas of recovery into 100 most important words that of new ways of working are said 1916 the lives of young British, an action plan for professionals. characterise who we are. These to change the world of work. French and German men were Supporting recovery involves are words chosen from the course This raises the question of how sacrificed, altering the face of helping the person with mental of the last century. Some have far gender is changing in these this generation and the next. illness as they create their own been deliberately created or used new work relations, too. In But beyond the battlefield the goals and take responsibility to display English identity – popular perceptions gender is struggle between life and for their own life, rather than such as ‘Blighty’ and ‘chap’. often seen as something static: death cast a shadow whose focussing on traditional clinical Others are unintentionally people are just men and women. reach was even greater than priorities of risk management ‘English’ terms – find out why This book, in contrast, Western Europe. and avoiding relapse. ‘Bon Viveur’ has been chosen, explores how the gender binary The battle inaugurated a new The author explores the for example. is established and challenged mode of warfare, breaking away underlying principles and Through this collection through interactions in the from the deadlocked trench outlines why promoting recovery of ‘eccentric’, ‘sarky’, ‘fab’ workplace. It shows how gender struggle that was exhausting needs to be the primary goal for language, Tony Thorne finds the is performed or ‘done’ in rigid British and French troops; it mental health workers. A new key to that elusive concept that but also fluid ways. It also consolidated the Allies to begin conceptual basis – the Personal writers, politicians and Britons highlights how we perform and their defeat of the opposition; Recovery Framework – is alike have been attempting are performed by gender. and represented the reckoning described, which gives primacy to define for centuries: The book develops an of three great empires – Britain, to the person rather than the ‘Englishness’. In Jolly Wicked, innovative approach to study France and Germany. After illness. The core purpose of Actually you will discover why gender as a ‘doing’ in the work this battle it was impossible for mental health service is being our ‘cuppas’, ‘muddles’ and context. It does so by drawing Germany to win the war. debated internationally, and ‘kips’ set us apart from those on fieldwork in high-tech Dr Philpott analyses the many countries are moving from beastly foreigners who lurk organisations. It uses discourse Somme as a turning point a focus on treating illness to a just off our shores. analytic methods to analyse how in history. This new kind of new emphasis on promoting Find out why these 100 gender is done at work and to warfare, heavy on artillery and well-being and recovery. The charming, weird, and sometimes show how changes at work are manpower, was characteristic of question ‘How can my work even offensive, words made the intertwined with changes in a modern industrial war in which support this person’s recovery?’ cut while others didn’t; learn gender relations. populations, economies and is becoming an increasingly about their origins; discover why The book provides academics industries strained to sustain a important issue for mental health some archaic terms fade out and and practitioners with a cutting- battle that was more lengthy and professionals and this book aims reappear in a different guise; and edge view on how to make more intense than any before. to fully answer this question. let Tony Thorne be your guide sense of gender in the changing The Somme changed the face The book’s contents have also in helping understand what on workplace. It will challenge of warfare forever but it was also informed a new publication, earth our ‘yoof’ are talking about and transform the way gender a culmination. There will never 100 Ways to Support Recovery with their cryptic slang. is seen at work. be a battle quite like it again. (rethink.org/100ways). Little, Brown Palgrave Macmillan Little, Brown Cambridge University Press

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Three favourite... sounds associated with the Strand Campus As recommended by Kate Murray, Deena Panthaky and John Childs of the Careers Service

The organ, Chapel Choir and buzz around the main stairs Particularly at choir practice time on a Tuesday, the stairs are filled with the sounds of a busy college, with people meeting, chatting and laughing, and music playing. Imperialism and Global Franklin: Tragic Hero of Old & New Terrorism It combines to take you Political Economy Polar Navigation somewhere entirely different Dr Peter Neumann, from busy central London. Professor Alex Callinicos, Professor Andrew Lambert, International Centre for the Study of Walking past the lead case of European Studies Department of War Studies Radicalisation and Political Violence the organ pipes to get to the careers staff office; it’s often This book intervenes in one of Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Old & New Terrorism provides humming with some especially the main political and intellectual Navigation is a gripping story a comprehensive account of low pedal notes. debates of the day. The global of the Arctic, propelled by the the evolution of terrorism in the policies of the US in the past need to recover the truth about modern world, and a concise and The bells of Big Ben and decade have encouraged one man’s fatal mission. careful analysis of the forces that Somerset House widespread belief that we live in In 1845, Captain Sir John have driven its transformation. With the windows open and a new era of imperialism. But is Franklin led a large, well- The book charts the the wind in the right direction, this belief true, and what does equipped expedition to complete development of terrorist network we hear time passing by with ‘imperialism’ mean? the conquest of the Canadian structures; assesses the impact these bells. Sometimes the Professor Callinicos explores Arctic: to find the fabled North of modern communication ones at Somerset House toll these questions in this wide- West Passage connecting the systems on the spread of for an extremely long time; ranging book. He critically North Atlantic to the North terrorism; explains the rise of we’ve not quite pinned assesses the classical theories of Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships religiously inspired terrorism; down why. imperialism developed in the and men were fated never to and, shows what lies behind era of the First World War by return. The cause of their loss mass-casualty terrorism and Helicopters and diggers, Marxists such as Lenin and by remains a mystery. the targeting of civilians. Surrey Street Liberal economist J A Hobson. Shocked by the loss of all 129 Dr Neumann offers a subtle These are more sounds we He outlines a theory of the officers and men, and sickened and sophisticated picture of love to hate than love. The relationship between capitalism by reports of cannibalism, the the shifts in the practice and security helicopters circling as an economic system and Victorians re-created Franklin reception of terrorism, drawing over Parliament and diggers the international state system, as a brave Christian hero who on case studies ranging from rebuilding the hotel in Surrey carving out a distinctive position laid down his life, and those the IRA to Al Qaeda. It makes Street, overlooked by the new compared to other contemporary of his men. Later generations sense of much of the literature Careers Service library in the theorists of empire and have been more sceptical about that has been published over the Macadam Building, remind us imperialism. Franklin and his supposed selfless past decade. Yet it also provides that we are closely connected He traces the history of devotion to duty. Neither view a highly original analysis of to the enterprise of a capital capitalist imperialism from the really explains what happened. how globalisation has facilitated city. These sounds emphasise Dutch East India Company to Professor Lambert re-examines many of the changes that have our location between the the specific patterns of economic the life and the evidence with materialised in recent years. seat of Government and and geopolitical competition authority. He discovers a new This book will be essential centres of commerce. in the contemporary era of Franklin: a character far more reading both for students and American decline and Chinese complex, and more truly experts keen to understand the Let us know your three favourite expansion. Imperialism, he heroic, than previous histories changing nature of terrorism things related to a Campus. concludes, is far from dead. have allowed. and how it can best be fought. Email [email protected] Polity Faber Polity

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