William Dawes

William Dawes is an academic paediatric neurosurgeon from Oxford University Hospital. He was awarded his PhD from Queen Mary University of London in 2017 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Surgical Neurology in 2018. His PhD thesis focused on role of neural stem cells as potential therapeutic targets following germinal matrix/intraventricular haemorrhage in neonates born prematurely. William is an Honorary Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Child Health and Co-investigator and lead for basic sciences on the NIHR funded ENLIVEN Trial, a UK-based national clinical trial investigating the efficacy of endoscopic intraventricular washout following NIVH. His current research is exploring the role of the ependymal lining of the ventricular system in health and disease.