Funding successes: March 2019

Dr Christopher Chiu
Dr Christopher Chiu was recently awarded funding from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Congratulations to all Principal Investigators in the Department who have been awarded research grants this month. Here is round-up of key funding successes for March 2019.

Group name Principal Investigator Student Funder Scheme Award amount (£)
Infectious Diseases Professor Robin Shattock Coalition For Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Platform technologies to enable rapid vaccine development for epidemic-prone infections 5,794,003
Structural Biology Professor Paul Freemont Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 815,690
Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr Beata Wojciak-Stothard British Heart Foundation Project grant 233,479
Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research Professor Marina Botto Royal Thai Embassy PhD Studentship – IPST, Royal Thai Embassy 205,320
Investigative Medicine Dr Neil Hill Dexcom 180,000
Infectious Diseases and Immunity Dr Christopher Chiu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai CEIRS Concept Proposal 169,196
Inflammation and Signal Transduction Professor Steven Ley National Psoriasis Foundation Project Grant 137,931
Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr Christopher Rhodes The Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Scheme 100,000
Infectious Diseases Professor Robert Wilkinson European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) EDCTP2 92,356*
Paediatrics Professor Gareth Tudor-Williams Fondazione Penta Onlus Horizon 2020 Research on HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and/or hepatitis C (HCV) 82,175
Infectious Diseases Dr Carolina Herrera University of Manitoba Project Grant: Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 53,057
Infectious Diseases Professor Alan Winston Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 52,868
Infectious Diseases Professor Graham Taylor Kat Pollock Gilead Sciences Inc The Voice Grants Programme 49,765
Infectious Diseases and Immunity Professor Alison Holmes Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 27,604
Centre for Haematology Dr Ahmad Khoder The Academy of Medical Sciences Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers 25,000
Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr Beata Wojciak-Stothard Queen Mary, University of London Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network Sabbatical Award 14,400
Mental Health Professor Mike Crawford Queen Mary, University of London NIHR HTA 17/29 Effectiveness of group arts therapy for diagnostically heterogeneous patients in MH service 9,582

*Total award value inc. partner costs = €4,900,000. Awarded to the International PravaTB Consortium; co-ordinator University of Cape Town.

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