Dr Lynsey Corless
Dr Lynsey Corless is the NIHR Clinical Research Network National Specialty Lead for Hepatology.
She is a Consultant Hepatologist at Hull University Teaching Hospitals.
She qualified in medicine at the University of Aberdeen in 2001. She trained in Aberdeen and Yorkshire, and gained her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Leeds in 2010.
Since moving to Hull in 2014 to take up her Consultant post, she has represented the Yorkshire LCRN as Regional Specialty Lead for Hepatology, and led the Hull Hepatology Research Department. As well as contributing to national and international trials, Dr. Corless leads a local research program focusing on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Alcohol. Main areas of interest are community management of liver disease and the impact of inequality on healthcare utilisation and outcomes.
Dr Corless also has an active interest in training the next generation of clinical researchers and is co-founder and Director of the NIHR Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinical Research Programme.