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Graham Cooke
Graham Cooke is a clinician scientist and NIHR Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Wright-Fleming Institute of Imperial College London. He is best known for his work on viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis C. Early life and education Educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, he studied natural sciences and medicine at University of Cambridge. Later he undertook his doctoral studies with Adrian V. S. Hill at the Wellcome Center for Human Genetics, studying human genetic variation and its role in susceptibility to tuberculosis. Research and career After specialist training in London, Cooke was based at the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, Mtubatuba (now AHRI) before moving to Imperial College. His work has focussed on HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis. In 2016 he led publication of global estimates of viral hepatitis disease burden and has had a prominent role in efforts to raise the profile of viral hepatitis globally, leading the commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England. It is located north-west of London; nearby towns and cities include Watford, St Albans and Berkhamsted. The population at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census was 95,961. Hemel Hempstead has existed since at least the 8th century and was granted its Royal charter, town charter by Henry VIII in 1539. However, it has expanded and developed in recent decades after being designated as a New towns in the United Kingdom, new town after the end of the Second World War. History Origin of the name The Human settlement, settlement was called Henamsted or Hean-Hempsted in Anglo-Saxon times and Hemel-Amstede by the time of William the Conqueror. The name is referred to in the Domesday Book as Hamelamestede, but in later centuries it became Hamelhamsted, and, possibly, Hemlamstede. In Old English, ''-stead'' or ''-stede'' simply meant "place" (reflected in German ''Stadt'' and Dutch ''stede'' or ''sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
