CITIID Director: Professor Menna Clatworthy
Menna Clatworthy read Medicine at Cardiff and completed her professional training in kidney medicine at Cambridge. She undertook a PhD at the University of Cambridge, investigating how antibodies contribute to immune responses in autoimmunity and infection. Menna subsequently completed a post-doctoral Wellcome Trust Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, USA.
Menna leads a research group focused on humoral and tissue immunity across organs. She also works as a Consultant Nephrologist, caring for patients with kidney transplants.
Menna has published more than 160 papers, and the quality of her scientific work is recognised by her nomination to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences and EMBO.
She is also a Fellow and Director of Studies at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, where she supervises students and is an enthusiastic supporter and mentor of the next generation of biomedical researchers.
