I qualified in Medicine at St Georges’ Medical School University of London and continued my Clinical training in London. After training in Paediatrics and Clinical Microbiology and Virology I undertook a period of research at the Centre for Clinical Microbiology in the Division of Infection and Immunity at UCL.
After completing an MD on the use of MALDI-TOF for the detection of biomarkers of antibiotic resistance I was appointed as a Consultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Infection at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Division of Infection and Immunity.
I am the Research Lead for the department of Microbiology and a member of the UCL Centre for Clinical Microbiology Research group and am actively involved in developing the group’s Clinical research portfolio collaborations with clinicians at Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and other National and International Research Centres.
My research interests include antimicrobial resistance, Novel Molecular diagnostics, Paediatric Infectious diseases, Fungal disease in the immunocompromised host, and novel biomarker detection in mycobacterial and Fungal disease using mass spectrometry

Our team and consultants
All of our consultants are highly trained individuals and are respected in their specialist areas.
Co-Directors
Our Consultants
Dr Indran Balakrishnan
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Dr Sophie Collier
MA BMBCH MRCP MSc FRCPath
Dr Gauri Godbole
MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCPath
Dr Jon Lambourne
BA MSc MRCP FRCPath
Professor Peter Wilson
MA MD FRCP FRCPath
Dr Neil Stone
PhD FRCP FRCPath DTMH
Dr Luke Moore
FRCPath FRCP PhD MPH MSc DTM&H DipULT MBChB
Dr Emmanuel Wey
MB BS MSc MRCPCH FRCPath DLSHTM
Our Nurse Consultant
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists
Leila Hail
Leila Hail has been a qualified RGN since 2001, she qualified from the University of Brighton having completed a four year BSc in European Nursing and Spanish language, and this included an exchange placement to northern Spain. Since qualifying she has gained extensive clinical experience in departments such as Accident and Emergency, Hepatology including Liver […]
Gema Martinez-Garcia
Gema qualified as a nurse from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain back in 2003. Since qualifying, Gema gained an extensive experience working in a wide variety of departments across different London hospitals and specialising in the field of haematology where she worked for four years. Infection prevention and control has always been a main […]