Dr Peter Nicholls, of the School of Biosciences, has been appointed as the University’s new Dean of Health.

Dr Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Molecular and Cellular Biology, is an immunologist with over 20 years of expertise in antibody engineering that includes experience in industry as well as academia.
He has had previous direct involvement in projects that resulted in clinical trials for the treatment of cancer, and has been the recipient of project funding from the Leukaemia Research Fund since 1998.

Dr Nicholls will lead KentHealth, the University’s one-stop-shop for health and social care expertise in research, training, innovation and partnerships with the regional NHS, and steer the implementation of its new health strategy at the start of the 2014-15 academic year.