Contacts
Tel: 020 7188 5875
Email: frances.williams@kcl.ac.uk
Area of expertise: rheumatology
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Biography
Frances Williams is a reader at King's College London and an honorary consultant in rheumatology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
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Education and training
- Fellow Royal College Physicians of Edinburgh, 2007
- PhD, University of London, 2002
- Member Royal College of Physicians, 1995
- MBBS Imperial College (distinction in clinical pharmacology), 1992
- BSc clinical sciences (first), 1991.
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Specialist interests
- intervertebral disc degeneration and low back pain
- osteoporosis and vertebral fracture
- chronic pain syndromes.
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Research interests
Frances uses genetic genetic and epidemiological studies in TwinsUK volunteers as well as patients to understand better the basis for common conditions such as back pain, age-related hearing impairment and fibromyalgia.