UCL Institute of Child Health

UCL Institute of Child Health
Established 1946
Director Professor Rosalind Smyth
Location London, United Kingdom
Website UCL Institute of Child Health

The UCL Institute of Child Health is an academic department of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1946 and is the largest concentration of child health professionals in Europe.[1][2] In 1996 the Institute merged with University College London.[3]Current research focusses on broad biomedical topics within child health, ranging from immunology to epidemiology.

History

The Institute of Child Health was founded in 1946 by professor Alan Moncrieff with the funding of a chair in child health by the Nuffield Foundation.[4][5] It acted as a postgraduate school of preventive and therapeutic paediatrics of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the University of London.[6] Moncrieff served as director until 1964.[5][6]

Research

ICH sets out its mission to improve the health and wellbeing of children, and the adults they will become, through research, education and public engagement.[2] To further this agenda, ICH joined the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at University College London in 2006. The research is internationally recognised, with the ICH gaining Grade 5*A in the Higher Education Funding Council for England ratings.[7] The institute also won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2000.

Through the enabling of various funding bodies such as the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council, the ICH annually trains doctoral students, medical students and other postgraduates.[8]

There are five academic programmes in the Institute:[2]

plus

Notable faculty

Notable faculty of the Institute, past and present, include:

See also

References

  1. University College London: Institute of Child Health. Opusdc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  2. 1 2 3 UCL Home
  3. Harte, Negley and North, John. (2004). The world of UCL 1828 - 2004. London: UCL Press. pp. 276–277. ISBN 1-84472-068-3.
  4. Clark, Ronald Sydney (1972). A biography of the Nuffield Foundation. London: Longmans. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-582-36487-6.
  5. 1 2 Tanner, James G. (2010). A History of the Study of Human Growth. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-13402-1.
  6. 1 2 "Sir Alan Moncrieff C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.O.G". Br Med J 3 (5769): 311–2. 1971. doi:10.1136/bmj.3.5769.311. PMC 1799078. PMID 4934048.
  7. rae 2008 : submissions : ra5a. Rae.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  8. What's On In Camden - Venue: UCL Institute of Child Health. Whatson.camden.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
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