Dr Kristien Boelaert MD, PhD, MRCP
Kristien is our speaker for January 2020 where she will be sharing An Overview of the new Nice Guidelines for the management of thyroid disease.
She is a Consultant Endocrinologist, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS FoundationTrust and Clinical Governance Lead for Endocrinology within UHB NHS FT as well as a Senior MRC-funded Research Fellow and practising Consultant Endocrinologist with lead roles in the Thyroid Services at the UHB NHS Foundation Trust. She sits on the committee for the development of the new NICE Guidelines on the Management of Thyroid Diseases which are due to be published in November 2019.
Her laboratory research interests focus on the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer and in particular on the identification of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for patients with thyroid cancer and goitre. In addition, she has a wide interest in clinical and translational research including the management of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid nodules. Kristien has attracted major grant funding from the Medical Research Council, The Wellcome Trust and the British Thyroid Foundation.
Kristien heads her own research group and has a rapidly growing publication list of original research papers, reviews and book chapters in the field of molecular and clinical thyroidology. She is an enthusiastic communicator and is a regular speaker at national and international meetings. Furthermore, she is a lecturer on several Teaching Programmes within the University.
Kristien is a strong advocate of translational research and aims to build an effective bridge that enables scientific knowledge to be incorporated into the care of patients with thyroid disease.
Kristien qualified with an MD (Summa Cum Laude) from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium in 1995. She emigrated to the UK and completed her basic medical training in Wolverhampton. Following achievement of the MRCP in 1998, she decided to pursue a career in Diabetes/Endocrinology. Kristien went on to study for a PhD, funded by a Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship under supervision of Professor Jayne Franklyn. She became a Clinical Lecturer in Endocrinology in 2004 and was successful in obtaining a competitive MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship in 2007.
She has an active teaching role at Birmingham University and is a personal mentor for MBChB students. She is a regular lecturer on various courses within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and takes part in numerous small group teaching sessions.
Her research themes are:
She is a Consultant Endocrinologist, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS FoundationTrust and Clinical Governance Lead for Endocrinology within UHB NHS FT as well as a Senior MRC-funded Research Fellow and practising Consultant Endocrinologist with lead roles in the Thyroid Services at the UHB NHS Foundation Trust. She sits on the committee for the development of the new NICE Guidelines on the Management of Thyroid Diseases which are due to be published in November 2019.
Her laboratory research interests focus on the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer and in particular on the identification of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for patients with thyroid cancer and goitre. In addition, she has a wide interest in clinical and translational research including the management of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid nodules. Kristien has attracted major grant funding from the Medical Research Council, The Wellcome Trust and the British Thyroid Foundation.
Kristien heads her own research group and has a rapidly growing publication list of original research papers, reviews and book chapters in the field of molecular and clinical thyroidology. She is an enthusiastic communicator and is a regular speaker at national and international meetings. Furthermore, she is a lecturer on several Teaching Programmes within the University.
Kristien is a strong advocate of translational research and aims to build an effective bridge that enables scientific knowledge to be incorporated into the care of patients with thyroid disease.
Kristien qualified with an MD (Summa Cum Laude) from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium in 1995. She emigrated to the UK and completed her basic medical training in Wolverhampton. Following achievement of the MRCP in 1998, she decided to pursue a career in Diabetes/Endocrinology. Kristien went on to study for a PhD, funded by a Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship under supervision of Professor Jayne Franklyn. She became a Clinical Lecturer in Endocrinology in 2004 and was successful in obtaining a competitive MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship in 2007.
She has an active teaching role at Birmingham University and is a personal mentor for MBChB students. She is a regular lecturer on various courses within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and takes part in numerous small group teaching sessions.
Her research themes are:
- Molecular pathogenesis of endocrine cancers
- Diagnosis, management and long-term consequences of thyroid dysfunction
- Investigation of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in thyroid nodules and cancer
