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Professor Waseem Qasim named in list of leading global health leaders

16 Feb 2026, noon

Professor Waseem Qasim, Consultant at GOSH and Professor of Cell and Gene Therapy at University College London has been named in TIME magazine’s 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World’s Most Influential Leaders in Health.

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Alyssa Tapley named in list of leading global health leaders

16 Feb 2026, noon

GOSH patient, Alyssa Tapley, 17 from Leicester, has been named in TIME’S 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World’s Most Influential Leaders in Health.

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GOSH joins partnership to boost early diagnosis and deliver better treatments

12 Feb 2026, 11:42 a.m.

GOSH is partnering with LifeArc to set up KidsRare - a new initiative to help deliver more tests and treatments for children living with a rare disease.

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How linked health and education data is changing what we know about children with neurodisability

9 Feb 2026, 9:36 a.m.

Children with neurodisability often have complex health and educational needs, but population level data on long term outcomes remains limited. New research from GOS-ICH addresses this gap using one of the largest national birth cohorts to date.

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Study sheds light on sight-threatening arthritis in children

4 Feb 2026, 4:59 p.m.

A team from UCL GOSH and Moorfields Eye Hospital, have discovered B-cells alongside T-cells, play a major role in the development of arthritis‑associated eye disease, JIA‑uveitis.

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