Professor Neil Dalton

The WellChild Laboratory in the Evelina Children’s Hospital was established 25 years ago and is led by Professor Neil Dalton, who has recently been made the new Professor of Paediatric Biochemistry at King’s College.

 

The charitable provision of sophisticated laboratory infrastructure and an endowed academic post has established a focus for paediatric clinical research and diagnostic development.

Professor Dalton has focused his research on screening children and babies for a range of diseases including kidney disease, diabetes, developmental delay, epilepsy, autism, liver disease, brain injury, sickle cell disease, and a comprehensive range of inherited

metabolic diseases. This has meant that thousands of children have had the benefit of an early warning system – allowing them to be successfully treated rather than developing potentially debilitating or life threatening illnesses.

 

“If we had not had this endowment from WellChild we would have found it very difficult to do the work we do because it is not easily fundable. Thanks to WellChild we had a laboratory facility and a guaranteed salary that meant we had something to hang everything on.”

Professor Neil Dalton, Evelina Children’s Hospital