{"id":3650,"date":"2026-02-17T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:35:48","slug":"funding-successes-q4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2026\/02\/17\/funding-successes-q4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding successes: Q4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2026\/02\/17\/funding-successes-q4-2025\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2026\/02\/Jonathan-Krell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"677\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3651\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2026\/02\/Jonathan-Krell.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Krell on his recent funding success.<\/p>\n<p><b>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.*<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>October 2025<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 341px\" width=\"1300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\"><strong>Proposal Dept\/Group<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"253\"><strong>Worktribe PI Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"277\"><strong>Worktribe Sponsor\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"536\"><strong>Worktribe Proposal Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"216\"><strong>Worktribe Awarded Value (\u00a3)**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Iain McNeish<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">University Of Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Risk stratification of STIC lesions using shallow whole genome sequencing<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a376,923<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Jonathan Krell<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Therapeutic Strategies for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3380,892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">General Surgery<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Ara Darzi<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Optum Labs, LLC<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">LEILA &#8211; OPTUM &#8211; Proposal 2<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3298,905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">General Surgery<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Gaby Judah<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">NHS England<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">n\/a<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3341,225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Oesophageal-gastric<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Gina Brown<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">RM Partners<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Pan London Research Fellowship 2024\/2025<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a330,314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Vascular<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Alun Davies<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">IPH award<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3330,346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Vascular<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Alun Davies<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Vascular CRF&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3676,690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2026\/02\/Padmanabhan-Ramnarayan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"677\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3652\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2026\/02\/Padmanabhan-Ramnarayan.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Professor Padmanabhan Ramnarayan on his recent funding success.<\/p>\n<h3>November &amp; December 2025<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 1339px\" width=\"1306\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\"><strong>Proposal Dept\/Group<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"253\"><strong>Worktribe PI Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"277\"><strong>Worktribe Sponsor\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"536\"><strong>Worktribe Proposal Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"216\"><strong>Worktribe Awarded Value (\u00a3)**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Anaesthetics<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Padmanabhan Ramnarayan<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">NIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">IMplementation of PAediatric Critical care Trial findings into practice<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3556,265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Anaesthetics<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Padmanabhan Ramnarayan<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">NIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Linking Inequalities and Outcomes in Paediatric Intensive Care &#8211; A mixed method study<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3588,552<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Anke Nijhuis<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">American Association for Cancer Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Targeting RNA splicing to improve therapies for ovarian HGSC<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3142,069<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Hasan Mirza<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund T\/A The Eve Appeal<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Biomarkers in evolutionary trajectory of ovarian cancer precursor lesions (STICs) to high grade serous ovarian cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a315,356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Hector Keun<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">The Francis Crick Institute Limited<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Extending the benefits of PARP inhibitors in cancer- The Crick-University Partners Translation Call<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3786,911<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">James Flanagan<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Prevent Breast Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">How does breastfeeding prevent breast cancer?<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a329,665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Jonathan Krell<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">THE PAF Foundation<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Developing a better understanding of and new therapies for HRproficient ovarian cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a330,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Rohini Sharma<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">RM partners<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a357,455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Rohini Sharma<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Molecular markers to enable precision medicine in\u00a0 Hepatocellular Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a327,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Rohini Sharma<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">n\/a<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a332,090<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">Cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Sheba Jarvis<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">NIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">Maternal Acylcarnitines in Mothers with Acute fatty liver of pregnancy Study<\/td>\n<td width=\"216\">\u00a3412,023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">General Surgery<\/td>\n<td width=\"253\">Daniel Leff<\/td>\n<td width=\"277\">NIHR National Institute for Health Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\">PRADA-II &#8211; 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