Dr Maria Hernandez Fuentes | Senior Lecturer in Translational Research
Kings College London

Dr Hernandez-Fuentes studied Medicine in Universidad Complutense and then did a PhD in Immunology in Universidad de Alcalá, both in Madrid, Spain. In 1998 she moved to the UK to do a post-doc  at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, working on alloimmune responses. In 2005 the research group moved to King’s College London and she started leading the Biomarker research group of the MRC Centre for Transplantation. Since 20011 she is Senior Dr Hernandez-Fuentes studied Medicine in Universidad Complutense and then did a PhD in Immunology in Universidad de Alcalá, both in Madrid, Spain. In 1998 she moved to the UK to do a post-doc  at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, working on alloimmune responses. In 2005 the research group moved to King’s College London and she started leading the Biomarker research group of the MRC Centre for Transplantation. Since 20011 she is Senior Lecturer in Translational Research.
 
Dr Hernandez-Fuentes has a long standing interest in understanding and quantifying alloimune responses and immune monitoring in kidney transplantation; particularly looking at obtaining evidence of tolerance. Of late this has translated into focusing on the role of B lymphocytes in transplantation tolerance.
 
The Biomarker Research Team that is aiming to translate into the clinic Biomarkers that could be predictive of kidney transplant outcome and could eventually enable biomarker-lead individualisation of therapy. Within the team Genome Wide Association scans, gene expression and a number immune-monitoring techniques are used.
 
She has a degree on Teaching and Learning in Higher education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.