Funding successes: Q2 2026 (April-June)

Congratulations to Professor Mark Thursz on his recent funding success.

Well done to all Principal Investigators and teams in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our quarterly round-up of funding successes.*

Proposal Dept/Group PI Name Sponsor Proposal Title Awarded Value (£)**
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology Mark Johnson CW+ C and W PhD application PROTAC-targeted destruction of myometrial phosphodiesterase type 4b: a novel approach to preterm labour treatment.             87,710
Nutrition Jia Li CEC Commission of the European Communities Risk stratification and early diagnosis of bowel cancer in people with Lynch syndrome          115,385
Hepatology and Gastroenterology Mark Thursz NIHR National Institute for Health Research FAITH Trial – Faecal Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Hepatitis      2,665,452
Cell Biology Alejandra Tomas Catala MRC Medical Research Council (MRC) Lattice SIM 3D Super-Resolution Microscope – ZEISS Lattice SIM 5          614,608
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology Lynne Sykes Imperial Health Charity  DRP2526-07 Parasol Foundation Clinical Lectureship Katie Mountain             83,581
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology Maria Kyrgiou Imperial Health Charity Metabolomics-based technologies as a bedside tool for the detection and treatment of precancerous cervical lesions and invasive cancer             84,211
Metabolism Jonathan Valabhji NIHR National Institute for Health Research Supporting Weight Management (SWiM): Evaluating the equity and cost-effectiveness of using acceptance-based guided self-help to improve long term outcomes of weight management interventions             41,234
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology Mark Johnson CW+ C and W Clinical Research Fellowship Award The Prevention and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes and its Multigenerational Effects.             67,188
Digestive Disease Tamas Korcsmaros MEPSGEN Co., Ltd Immune-endothelial-epithelial interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) using ProMEPS system             75,000

** This is the total project value, including subprojects.

*Dude, where’s my grant? A disclaimer:

To ensure the quality and accuracy of the information published on this blog, we source our data directly from the College’s strategic reporting dashboards, relating to FoM. This means that, typically, we only include awards on this list which have been set up on the College’s grants management system, in accordance with the Joint Research Office’s policies and processes. As a result, there may be a delay in promoting some awards.