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Congratulations to Professor Mark Thursz on his recent funding success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proposal Dept\/Group<\/strong><\/td>\nPI Name<\/strong><\/td>\nSponsor<\/strong><\/td>\nProposal Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded Value (\u00a3)**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nMark Johnson<\/td>\nCW+<\/td>\nC and W PhD application PROTAC-targeted destruction of myometrial phosphodiesterase type 4b: a novel approach to preterm labour treatment.<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87,710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nutrition<\/td>\nJia Li<\/td>\nCEC Commission of the European Communities<\/td>\nRisk stratification and early diagnosis of bowel cancer in people with Lynch syndrome<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 115,385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hepatology and Gastroenterology<\/td>\nMark Thursz<\/td>\nNIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\nFAITH Trial – Faecal Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Hepatitis<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,665,452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell Biology<\/td>\nAlejandra Tomas Catala<\/td>\nMRC Medical Research Council (MRC)<\/td>\nLattice SIM 3D Super-Resolution Microscope – ZEISS Lattice SIM 5<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 614,608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nLynne Sykes<\/td>\nImperial Health Charity<\/td>\n\u00a0DRP2526-07 Parasol Foundation Clinical Lectureship Katie Mountain<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 83,581<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nMaria Kyrgiou<\/td>\nImperial Health Charity<\/td>\nMetabolomics-based technologies as a bedside tool for the detection and treatment of precancerous cervical lesions and invasive cancer<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 84,211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metabolism<\/td>\nJonathan Valabhji<\/td>\nNIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\nSupporting 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<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41,234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nMark Johnson<\/td>\nCW+<\/td>\nC and W Clinical Research Fellowship Award The Prevention and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes and its Multigenerational Effects.<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 67,188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digestive Disease<\/td>\nTamas Korcsmaros<\/td>\nMEPSGEN Co., Ltd<\/td>\nImmune-endothelial-epithelial interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) using ProMEPS system<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

** This is the total project value,\u00a0including subprojects.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Dude, where\u2019s my grant? A disclaimer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To ensure the quality and accuracy of the information published on this blog, we source our data directly from the College\u2019s 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\u2019s grants management system, in accordance with the Joint Research Office\u2019s policies and processes. As a result, there may be a delay in promoting some awards.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well done to all Principal Investigators and teams in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. 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