Please report any queries concerning the funding data grouped in the sections named "Externally Awarded" or "Internally Disbursed" (shown on the profile page) to
your Research Finance Administrator. Your can find your Research Finance Administrator at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/research/rs-contacts.php by entering your department
Please report any queries concerning the student data shown on the profile page to:
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
› More search options
Prof Waseem Qasim
G13
30 Guilford St
London
WC1N 1EH
Appointment
- Professor of Cell and Gene Therapy
- Infection, Immunity & Inflammation Dept
- UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
Biography
2003-2007: Leukaemia Research Fund clinician scientist/lecturer in Paediatric Immunology/ Bone marrow transplantation, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
2007-2012: Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
2012- 2015: Reader in Cell & Gene Therapy, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
2015- 2021: NIHR Professor of cell and gene therapy developing next generation T cell gene therapies.
2021- NIHR senior investigator, UCL Professor of cell and gene therapy
See More
See LessResearch Themes
Research Summary
Development and application of genome editing and gene based therapies.
- Application of T lymphocytes for cellular immunotherapy, including CAR T cells.
- Translational immunotherapies, from bench to bedside and first-in-human trials
- Clinical trials for 'of the shelf' genome edited T cells
- Diagnosing and treating immune disorders by haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and gene based therapies.
- Studies of T cell responses to viruses for anti-viral cell therapies
- Investigating genome editing by CRISPR/Cas9 and base editors to correct inherited diseases.
- Universal cells: genome editing to overcome HLA barriers for regenerative medicine (Human pluripotent stem cells).
- Clinical gene therapy for skin disorders such as Netherton's syndrome and Epidermolysis Bullosa.
- Regulatory, ethics and safety monitoring
Teaching Summary
Previous UCL teaching has included:
1. MSc Clinical Cell & Gene Therapy, module organiser and lecturer
2. Lecturer MSc Human Genetics, Disease to gene therapy
3. Lecturer on MRes in Biomedicine course,Gene Therapy for Immunodeficiency
4. Lecturer on MSc in Paediatrics course,Cell and gene therapy for cancer
Active PhD supervisor and examiner
Appointments
| 01-MAR-2021 | NIHR senior investigator, Professor of Cell and Gene Therapy | Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom | |
| 01-OCT-2015 | NIHR professor of cell and gene therapy | Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom | |
| 01-OCT-2012 – 30-SEP-2015 | Reader in Cell & Gene Therapy | Institute of Child Health | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-APR-2007 | Senior Clinical Lecturer | Molecular Immunology | Institute of child health, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
| 2003 | Doctor of Philosophy | University College London | |
| 1997 | Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | |
| 1996 | Member of the Royal College of Physicians | Royal College of Physicians | |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery | Newcastle University | |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Medical Science | University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
