Selected Research Grants in 2012

Dr S Conroy and Dr I Musa
Specialist Registrar Start-up Research Grant  
£5,642 British Geriatrics Society 

Prof I Gottlob and Dr F Proudlock 
Ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-SD OCT) in infants and children: characterisation of normal and abnormal foveal development  
£357,055 MRC 

Dr G McCann   
UHL funded Clinical Research Fellow post, to work with Dr G McCann.  
£110,811 University Hospital of Leicester 

Selected Research Grants in 2011

Dr G Ng
Remote monitoring: an evaluation of implantable devices for managment of heart failure patients
£200,788 British Heart Foundation via University of Southampton

Dr S Conroy  
Improving Safety for older Public Transport Users 
£10,063 MRC via Loughborough University

Dr S Scott, Prof D Lambert, Dr JP Thompson
Determination of N/OFQ release from leucocyte subtypes
£12,836 The Intensive Care Foundation

Prof I Squire
Cardiovascular microRNA collaboration with CRP-Sante
£6,666 CRP-Sante

Prof NJ Samani, Prof L Ng, Prof AH Goodall, Prof I Squire and Dr J Tedds and Ms M Visser (IT Services)
Cloud Computing Programme
£530,462 JISC

Prof M Mahaut-Smith, Dr I Forsythe (Cell Physiology and Pharmacology) and Prof AH Goodall  
BHF Role of K+ channels in platelet and megakaryocyte function 
£18,196 British Heart Foundation

Dr D Roland
A Model to Improve Resource Management Based on Patient Acuity in a Children’s Emergency Medicine Research Department 
£5,250 The College of Emergency Medicine

Dr S Scott, Prof D Lambert, Dr JP Thompson 
Differential Expression of nociceptin receptor (NOP) and pre-pro nociceptin/ orphanin FQ  (pp-N/OFQ) amongst leucoctyes and their subpopulations
£12,815 Anaesthetic Research Society 

Dr E Chung 
Forecasting brain injury in the virtual patient
£259,268 BHF

Dr G McCann, Prof A Gershlick and Dr Greenwood (Leeds)
Complete Versus Lesio-only Primary PCI Pilot- Cardiac MRI substudy (CVLPRI-t-CMR) 
£330,273  NIHR

Mr M Bown  
The United Kingdom Aneurysm Growth Study
£100,000 The Circulation Foundation

Dr D Roland  
Development of objective measures of assessing audiovisually based implementation resources
£219,943 NIHR Doctoral Fellowship 

Prof MJ Davies and Prof K Khunti (Health Sciences)
An intervention to decrease sedentary behaviour in young adults at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, STAND
£157,313 MRC via Loughborough and UHL 

Dr S Mostafa  
Exploring the glucose lowering properties of the sunshine vitamin - a 12 month RCT of Vitamin D
£194,863 NovoNordisk 

Prof K Khunti (Health Sciences) and Prof MJ Davies      
Research Foundation Pilot study on the development of an educational programme about the role and benefits of insulin therapy in South Asian people with type 2 diabetes
£43,000 Novo Nordisk

Prof NPJ Brindle 
Understanding regulation of angiopoietin signalling in the endothelium using computational modelling 
£168,772 BHF

Prof T Robinson  
INTERACT2
£10,580 The George Institute for International Health Austrailia     

Prof MJ Davies and Prof K Khunti (Health Sciences) 
TREAT 4 Ramadan - A randomised Controlled Trial for People with Established Type 2 Diabetes during Ramadan - Liraglutide vs. Sulphonylurea or Pioglitazone
£209,997 Novo Nordisk 

Prof T Coats and Prof P Monks (Chemistry) 
A Pilot Study of Volatile Organic Compounds in Breathless Patients in the ED
£3,088 College of Emergency Medicine

Dr Clett Erridge 
Food/Saliva test for risk of periodontitis
£15,169 University Of Nottingham

Dr GA Ng 
Bodyguard study; EMDA funding application for the study in collaboration with Optima Life
£21,972 Optimalife

Dr GA Ng  
Improving risk stratification and treatment with the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
£45,000 (supplement) Sorin

Prof A Gershlick 
PRESTIGE: Prevention of Stent Thrombosis by an Interdisciplinary Global European effect
£449,123 CEC 

Prof D Lambert and Prof D Rowbotham (Health Sciences) 
'Characterisation of fentanyl based bivalent opioids' studentship
£67,771 British Journal of Anaesthesia 

Selected Research Grants (2007-2010)