Professor Patricia Wilson

Patricia is an honorary Professor of Medicine at University College London, leading research into Polycystic Kidney Diseases and renal development at Royal Free, Hampstead.

Having received a PhD in Cell Biology and postdoctoral training from London University, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London and Physiology Institute, Munich, Germany, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Nephrology at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. USA. She has been deeply involved with polycystic kidney disease research ever since. Having advanced through the ranks of Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore and Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, she returned to London and UCL/Royal Free in 2010.

Her research continues to focus on the cell biology of PKD with an emphasis of translating basic findings into developing new diagnostic tests and therapies. She is also committed to activities of the PKD Charity where she chairs the PKD Research Advisory Board.