Funding successes: March and April 2023

Hammersmith Hospital

Congratulations to all members of the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our round-up of the latest funding successes.


Please note, this list comprises awards that have recently been set up on College’s grants management system, with some manual additions. It may not, therefore, include all new grants awarded to Principal Investigators in the Department.

Project Lead Co-Investigator(s) Funder Combined Scheme Project Title Amount
Josefin Ahnstroem & Christina Keshini Crossette-Thambiah Imperial Health Charity Blood Fund The reversal of oral factor Xa inhibitors – safety and efficacy £19,600
Nicholas Crump Imperial Health Charity Blood Fund 2023 Dissecting the function of oncogenic transcription factors in multiple myeloma £20,000
Nicholas Crump The Royal Society Research Grants Mechanistic dissection of oncogenic enhancer activity in Multiple Myeloma £65,700
Candice Roufosse Imperial College Health Partners Limited Development of an ICL – RMH/ICR pipeline for integrated development and deployment of tissue-based AI £34,000
Stephen McAdoo Maria Prendecki FOREUM Foundation for Research in Rheumatology Remission and Flare Call Autoreactive plasmablasts in ANCA-associated vasculitis £139,000
Petter Brodin Wellcome Trust Discovery Award Investigating immune-microbe interactions in human newborns £3,950,000
Guido Franzoso Blood Cancer UK Project Funding Developing Predictive Biomarkers to Advance the Translation of Novel Targeting Agents in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) £280,000