The Organization Committee of the SPINOZA CHAIR, set up by the Amsterdam University Association on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam, has awarded the SPINOZA CHAIR for 2015 to Dr Veronica Kinsler (MD, PhD, MRCPCH) from October 26 until October 29, 2015. The chair was established in 1995 by the…
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Dr Veronica Kinsler has won the coveted Great Ormond Street Hospital 2015 Child and Family Award. This award is given for a very special individual or team nominated by a patient, parent or carer, who is a great team member and is always welcoming, helpful and expert. There…
Dr Kinsler’s CMN research work has recently been awarded one of five prestigious equal poster prizes at the Academy of Medical Sciences meeting for Clinician Scientists 2013, which is a national meeting of clinical researchers. This was awarded for the recent NRAS findings which you can read more about here. Caring Matters Now is a…
There has been a very exciting new finding in our study of the genetics of congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN). We have discovered that the genetic change (called a mutation) that causes CMN and neurocutaneous melanosis is in a gene called NRAS. We found this gene mutation in 80% of the cases we…
Research carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the UCL Institute of Child Health has identified that the gene causing red hair – melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) – is more common in children with Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN), a rare form of birthmark. CMN are rare brown or black birthmarks which cover up to 80% of…
Dr. Kinsler has been awarded a grant by the Wellcome Trust to fund research into CMNs until August 2012. The Wellcome trust is a UK charity organization that funds innovative biomedical research to support the brightest scientists with the best ideas. The grants awarded are hotly contested with many more applicants than grants given out.…
