Melita Irving

Dr Melita Irving trained in paediatrics before joining the clinical genetics department at Guy's and St Thomas'. She undertook a fellowship in skeletal dysplasia at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and has since established multidisciplinary paediatric clinics in skeletal dysplasia and achondroplasia at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. She is chief investigator for a number of clinical trials in achondroplasia and a proponent of embedding clinical research synergistically within clinical service.

La Dra. Melita Irving se formó en pediatría antes de incorporarse al departamento de genética clínica del Guy's and St Thomas'. Realizó una beca de investigación en displasia esquelética en el Royal Children's Hospital de Melbourne y, desde entonces, ha establecido clínicas pediátricas multidisciplinarias en displasia esquelética y acondroplasia en el Evelina Children's Hospital de Londres. Es investigadora principal de diversos ensayos clínicos sobre acondroplasia y defensora de la integración sinérgica de la investigación clínica en la práctica clínica.