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Precision medicine is the next generation of healthcare research that has the potential to provide significant benefits to patients, and affect strategic shifts in the way healthcare is delivered.

Effective development and delivery of precision medicine requires a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach. The UCL Institute for Precision Medicine harnesses the breadth and depth of the precision medicine research activity taking place across UCL and its partner hospitals. 

What is Precision Medicine?

Precision Medicine is the next generation of healthcare research that has the potential to provide significant benefits to patients and affect strategic shifts in the way healthcare is delivered. It uses an individual's genetic profile to guide decisions about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Developing new diagnostic tests and expanding the use of biomarkers enables the identification of the molecular cause of disease, and ultimately supports the development of novel, more precisely targeted treatments.

Different patients respond differently to the same therapy. The genetic makeup and metabolic profile of each individual patient influences the effect of a drug. It has been estimated that only 30-70% of patients respond positively to drugs. While one treatment brings about the preferred outcome in one group of patients, it may not change the condition of other groups, or may even lead to adverse effects.

Our aims

The UCL Institute for Precision Medicine aims to:

• Champion 4P medicine (pre-emptive, predictive, personalised and participatory) to accelerate the development of diagnostics, drugs and therapies and ensure they are applied and evaluated effectively. 
• Promote communication, collaboration and cross-disciplinary working
• Facilitate career development
• Educate, develop and recruit outstanding researchers
• Create new strategic partnerships and promote entrepreneurship

To achieve these aims we are drawing upon the wealth of expertise across disciplines, including clinical and basic research, mathematics, engineering, law, health economics, informatics, social and historical sciences.

Steering Committee