Thomas G Bird

Thomas G Bird
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
Honorary Consultant in Hepatology, Wellcome Trust, UK

Biography

Dr. Thomas G Bird qualified in Medicine from Oxford in 2002. He is now an Honorary Consultant Hepatologist in the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in Edinburgh. He gained a PhD (2011) studying liver regeneration with Professors Forbes and Iredale investigating stem cell mediated liver regeneration and has published high impact papers on the role of liver progenitor cells in regeneration. He is currently a Wellcome Trust Clinical Intermediate Fellow based at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research. In addition to his research in liver regeneration he leads research to optimise the use of serum biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance.

Research Interest

Dr. Thomas G Bird research interest includes Hepatocellular carcinoma biology, Hepatocellular carcinoma mouse models, Hepatocellular carcinoma screening, Liver transplantation, Liver regeneration, Liver stem cells, Liver stem cell niche biology, Cellular therapy for chronic liver disease and Cellular senescence.