New Dean of Medicine starts at UEA
By: Communications
UEA’s Norwich Medical School (MED) this week welcomed a new Dean of Medicine, Professor Kristian Bowles.
Kris studied medicine at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He trained as a junior doctor in London, Kent and Southern Africa before specialising in Haematology in Cambridge and Norwich. While in Cambridge he carried out basic scientific research on haematopoietic stem cells, resulting in the award of a PhD in 2006.
Kris has been a Consultant Haematologist at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital since 2006, where he specialises in the management of patients with blood cancers. In addition, Kris has held a number of leadership positions at the hospital, most recently as Associate Medical Director for Research and Development for the last five years.
He has been Professor of Haematology at Norwich Medical School since 2013, where his primary research interest has been in the role of the bone marrow microenvironment in leukaemia. He has taught on the Medical School course since 2006, and has previously been module lead and a member of the admissions team. Since 2022 he has been the Director of the NIHR Norfolk Clinical Research Facility.
Kris said: “The people at Norwich Medical School, and our partners in the hospitals and the community have done fantastic work over the last 20 years in both teaching and research. What we do is really important, and I am committed to supporting our students, our School and our colleagues grow, develop and succeed in the future.”
The Dean of Norwich Medical School provides the strategic direction for the School, representing its interests and developments, leads on the School’s research and teaching targets, and maintains and develops relationships with wider regional and national partners.
Kris starts just a few weeks after the announcement of the University’s new and innovative four-year Graduate Entry Medical course, which will fast-track qualified doctors into jobs from September 2025.
Kris replaces Prof William Fraser as Dean of Medicine, who stepped down from the role in 2021, with Prof Charles ffrench-Constant covering the role on an interim basis since that time in addition to his position as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH), which he will be continuing.
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