Professor Oliveira

Professor David Oliveira studied medicine at Cambridge University as well as Westminster Hospital Medical School where he qualified in 1979. Following five years in a variety of hospital medical jobs (with an emphasis on renal medicine) he completed a PhD in cellular immunology as an MRC Training Fellow at University College London.

In 1995, Professor Oliveira was appointed Foundation Professor of Renal Medicine/Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at St. George's University of London. In 2001 he was appointed Dean for Research & Development, also at St George's University of London, and Director of Research & Development for St George's Healthcare NHS Trust. Since June 2007 he has relinquished his Research & Development posts in order to become Course Director for the new combined MBBS course at St George's University of London. Professor Oliveira has also held a position as a Non-executive Director of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust since December 2005.

His clinical research interests include trials of immunosuppressants (phase I and II work with Sirolimus in Cambridge, phase III work at St George's) and other aspects of treatment in renal medicine. Experimental research focuses on drug-induced autoimmunity, and the role and mechanisms of mast cell and Th2 cell activation in this process.