RESEARCH INTERESTS
Reza Motallebzadeh directs the basic science and translational academic research from the Kidney Transplant Directorate at the Royal Free Hospital and UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, and leads the unit’s clinical renal transplantation trials portfolio.

Reza's laboratory (based at the Pears Building). is focused on collaborative, multidisciplinary and translational research in experimental and clinical kidney transplantation. The research themes are underpinned by a commitment to developing innovative collaborations with academic centres and industrial partners to address fundamental questions concerning end-stage kidney disease and kidney transplantation. Reza's clinical research programme similarly utilises a multidisciplinary approach to address key clinical challenges in kidney transplantation and vascular access surgery.