Sam Lockhart

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Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow, Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge

Sam is trainee diabetes and endocrinology doctor and a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD student at the Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge. His work uses human genetics and model systems to discover novel causes and risk factors for human disease. He completed his undergraduate medical training at Queen’s University Belfast followed by a visting studentship in Joslin Diabetes Centre, Harvard Medical School before returning to the UK to begin his clinical academic training in Belfast as an Academic Foundation Doctor and then in Cambridge as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Diabetes and Endocrinology.

We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

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Sam Lockhart

Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow, Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge

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We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

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Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow, Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge

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We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

We think we have found a cause of pregnancy sickness, and it may lead to a treatment

Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy. But, until recently, very little has been known about why it happens.

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In this talk, surgeon, Dr David Yeo will answer these and many other real-world questions related to this common condition and provide an update on the latest recommendations for the assessment, investigation and management of gallbladder disease.