Deirdre Kelly (academic)
Deirdre Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Clinician, academic and author |
| Awards | The Lunar Medal, Lunar Society Commander of the British Empire, Government of the United Kingdom |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA MB BCh BAO MD |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust University of Birmingham General Medical Council NHS England NHS Blood and Transplant |
Deirdre Anne Kelly CBE DL is an Irish clinician, academic, and author. She is Professor of Paediatric Hepatology at the University of Birmingham and Clinical Lead for National Paediatric Hepatitis C Operational Delivery Network. She chairs the Board of Pension Trustees at the General Medical Council and is a non-executive director at NHS Blood and Transplant.
Kelly has edited books including Atlas of Pediatric Hepatology and Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children. Her research is focused in the fields of the genetics of neonatal liver disease, management and treatment of pediatric liver diseases, particularly focusing on auto-immune liver disease, biliary atresia, cholestatic liver disease, and long-term outcome of liver transplantation in children.
Kelly held the Deputy Editorship of the health journal Liver Transplantation from 2015 to 2020.