Kay Padget
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Biography
Following completion of a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical science, Dr Padget gained her PhD from the University of Newcastle, UK in 1998 with a thesis entitled: DNA Topoisomerase II in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Dr Padget continued her research at Newcastle University on elucidating the molecular pharmacology of DNA Topoisomerase II targeting anticancer agents and mechanisms of DNA repair. In 2007 Dr. Padget became a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at Northumbria University, UK where she combined her research interests with teaching students from both Northumbria University and St. Georges University International Medical Pathway.
Dr. Padget joined St. George’s University in August 2023 as an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry. In addition to teaching, Dr. Padget is actively involved in a research collaboration to understand the role of maternal folate in childhood leukemia initiation events which is funded by the World Cancer Research Fund.
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