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Richard Pollok is a British gastroenterologist and academic. He is a Professor of Practice in Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Infection at St George's, University of London. He also serves as a consultant physician at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is an honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College London. His research primarily revolves around inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and gastrointestinal infection.

Education
Pollok graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School in 1989. He trained in gastroenterology in north east London and received his PhD from St Bartholomew’s for his work on gastrointestinal immunology. He was a Wellcome Trust clinical research fellow at St Bart’s before joining St George’s as a reader in 2002.

Research work
Pollok’s research work is extensive and influential. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals like The Lancet, JAMA, and Gastroenterology. He has led more than 20 clinical studies, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. His research has impacted clinical guidelines for IBD and gastrointestinal infection.

As a clinician, Pollok offers consultation, endoscopy, service development and education at two hospitals: St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton. He focuses on IBD, particularly in young people and adolescents who are moving from the paediatric service, and also on irritable bowel syndrome and GI-associated lymphoedema.

Honors

 * Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow
 * Recipient of the British Society of Gastroenterology Research Prize
 * Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
 * British Society of Gastroenterology, Member of IBD Committee