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• Certificate of Completion of Training for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, 2024.
• PhD in Immunology, Clinical and Translational Science, University College London, 2022.
• European Speciality Examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2019.
• MRCP (UK) PACES, Royal College of Physicians, 2015.
• MBBS (Distinction) and BSc First Class Honors, Imperial College London, 2012.

Dr Nekisa Zakeri is a Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist at the University 麻豆精选, with a research and clinical interest in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Nekisa completed her specialty clinical training in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital London and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham as a NIHR Clinical Lecturer.

Nekisa was awarded a PhD in Liver Immunology from University College London, examining tissue-resident gamma delta T cells in the liver, funded by a Wellcome Trust PhD Clinical Research Fellowship. Nekisa has subsequently obtained a Wellcome Early Career Award, Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Research Award, and LifeArc Pathfinder Award, to pursue her research focussing on gamma delta T cell immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Nekisa is currently also a Visiting Scientist at the Francis Crick Institute London, and she is a committee member for HCC UK and the Young Investigator Steering Committee of the International Liver Cancer Association.

• Immunology and Immunotherapy MSc student teaching.
• Biomedical Science and Intercalated Medical Student teaching.
• Personal Academic Tutor for Biomedical Science Students, University 麻豆精选.

Dr Nekisa Zakeri’s research studies the mechanisms of recruitment of gamma delta T cells into human liver tissue and liver tumours.

Utilising 3D preclinical models, her research is developing strategies to enhance the efficacy of gamma delta T cell immunotherapy for primary and metastatic liver cancer.