"Nanoplastics & Liver Pathology"
Tue 10 Nov
|The Eagle House Hotel
Matthew Cramp, Professor of Hepatology , Peninsula Medical School & Consultant Hepatologist, South West Liver Unit, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Time & Location
10 Nov 2026, 19:00 – 20:30
The Eagle House Hotel, 3 Castle St, Launceston PL15 8BA, UK
About the event
Since starting single handed, Professor Cramp has established high quality, comprehensive specialist liver services for patients living in the southwest and has led the development of the South West Liver Unit.
In parallel with clinical service development, he has built an active clinical trials program with a broad portfolio of over 20 studies currently active. Matthews original research interest was in hepatitis C virus infection helping to drive the rapid progress made in both understanding and treating this prevalent infection He established the Hepatology Research Group (HRG) at University of Plymouth in 2008 delivering translational research on viral hepatitis, alcohol related liver disease, fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma from state of the art laboratory facilities at the Derriford Research Facility, adjacent to Derriford Hospital. His interest in nanoplastics and liver disease started in 2019 and the work has evolved rapidly with the Centre of Environmental Hepatology being established in…