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2023 Grants

Grants awarded January 2023 to August 2023
DepartmentPIFunderAward DateStart DateTitleFunding Amount
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthAcedo Nunez Maria Del Pilar DrMedical Research Council27/07/2023 A Spatial Biology Hub to accelerate the clinical impact of fundamental and translational research at UCL£538,690.79
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical ResearchRoth Arnd MrMedical Research Council27/07/2023 Zeiss Gemini SEM 460 with L-shape 90 degree Ion-Sculptor Focused Ion Beam (FIB) column£772,695.59
Experimental & Translational MedicineAkbar Arne ProfessorEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council13/07/2023  Designing bio-instructive materials for translation ready medical devices£109,783.56
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical ResearchHausser Michael ProfessorSimons Foundation05/07/2023 International Brain Laboratory - Culmination Award [Retro]£197,746.47
Experimental & Translational MedicineGilroy Derek ProfessorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council04/07/2023 How inflammatory resolution shapes tissue immunity£1,200,608.20
Respiratory MedicineNikolic Marko DrMedical Research Council29/06/2023 Delineating late foetal systemic and lung immune responses following vaccinations against respiratory pathogens given during pregnancy£310,410.21
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthPereira Stephen ProfessorCancer Research UK22/06/2023 CANDETECT: Accelerating detection of upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) cancers using a multi-cancer early detection platform in primary care [LEAD QMUL]£580,809.03
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical ResearchSelwood David ProfessorUCL Technology Fund22/06/2023 IFITM3 Transduction Enhancer Project- Chemistry.£166,706.89
Department of ImagingThielemans Kris ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre20/06/2023 Improved assessment of coronary plaque inflammation through motion correction of dual-gated PET/CT data£40,293.77
Experimental & Translational MedicineSinger Mervyn ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre07/06/2023 Ocular Microtremor and Sedation in ICU£49,781.45
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical ResearchHausser Michael ProfessorSimons Foundation31/05/2023 SURF Dilay£6,612.55
Renal MedicineRohn Jennifer DrRosetrees Trust23/05/2023 Development of novel, tissue-penetrative reformulated chemotherapeutics for bladder cancer using a personalized medicine approach to in vitro testing platforms£200,000.00
Respiratory MedicineIrving James DrAlpha 1 Foundation19/05/2023 Rational design of better diagnostic reagents£130,224.94
InflammationIsenberg David ProfessorLupus Research Alliance12/05/2023 Probing Remission in SLE: Blood and Brain£268,806.50
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical ResearchSwire Matthew MrMedical Research Council30/04/2023 How does Adaptive Myelination Shape Adult Neural Circuits During Learning?£1,304,790.97
Experimental & Translational MedicineBrown Adrian DrBritish Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund27/04/2023 What is the nutrition status of homeless adults residing in temporary accommodation in London?£6,980.00
Experimental & Translational MedicineBrown Adrian DrInnovate UK25/04/2023 SAFE-LCD:Can combining flash glucose monitoring & digital low calorie diet programme achieve Type 2 diabetes remission & in people on insulin therapy?£128,676.64
Respiratory MedicineJacob Joseph DrNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre03/04/2023 BRC Funding For 50% FTE Joseph Jacob£69,274.00
Renal MedicineWalsh Stephen DrKidney Research UK31/03/2023 Culture of segment specific renal tubular cells from whole urine for phenotyping, diagnosis and therapy testing.£90,868.00
Renal MedicineGale Daniel ProfessorKidney Research UK31/03/2023 Identifying genetic modifiers of Alport syndrome in large datasets£90,868.00
Department of ImagingBray Timothy DrNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre30/03/2023 Deep learning-powered quantitative MRI of inflammation£49,887.42
Experimental & Translational MedicineMakaronidis Janine DrNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre30/03/2023 A double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of semaglutide 2.4 mg in patients with poor weight-loss following bariatric surgery.£181,687.59
Department of ImagingThielemans Kris ProfessorGE Precision Healthcare LLC28/03/2023 improved whole-body parametric imaging for PET/CT£69,133.59
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthJalan Rajiv ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre13/03/2023 BRC Consultant PA Funding£91,035.58
Respiratory MedicineJanes Sam ProfessorCancer Research UK13/03/2023  ACED PhD Programme - 2023/24 intake - Dr Daryl Cheng£284,517.61
Respiratory MedicineGroves Ashley ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre11/03/2023 BRC Consultant PA Funding£178,977.78
InflammationCiurtin Coziana DrNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre02/03/2023 BRC Consultant PA Funding£80,222.91
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthMehta Gautam DrNational Institute for Health Research02/03/2023 DEcompensated LIVER Cirrhosis Research Networks£102,428.66
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthO'Brien Alastair ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre02/03/2023 BRC Consultant PA Funding£82,164.99
Respiratory MedicinePorter Joanna ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre02/03/2023 BRC Support Funding£340,763.88
Respiratory MedicinePorter Joanna ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre02/03/2023 BRC Consultant PA Funding£91,035.58
Department of ImagingArstad Erik ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre27/02/2023 RETROSPECTIVE: BRC Funding For Healthcare Engineering and Imaging Theme£80,560.86
Experimental & Translational MedicineBatterham Rachel ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre27/02/2023  BRC Funding For Fred Jassil£107,689.00
Respiratory MedicineNavani Neal DrF Hoffman La Roche AG24/02/2023 Roche contribution towards 5582092/576739  Optimal Treatment For Patients With Solid Tumours In Europe Through Artificial Intelligence£39,370.08
Experimental & Translational MedicineBatterham Rachel ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre21/02/2023 RETROSPECTIVE: BRC Funding For Janine Makronidis£139,285.00
Respiratory MedicineJanes Sam ProfessorInnovate UK - EU Underwrite15/02/2023 Biomarkers affecting the transition from cardiovascular disease to lung cancer: towards stratified interception£362,414.90
Respiratory MedicinePennycuick Adam DrThe Academy of Medical Sciences14/02/2023 Parallelised Cancer Therapy based on Copy Number Targeting£19,402.20
Respiratory MedicineNavani Neal DrEuropean Commission Horizon 202008/02/2023 Optimal treatment for patients with solid tumours in Europe through Artificial intelligence£118,871.37
Respiratory MedicineNavani Neal DrNational Institute for Health Research03/02/2023 Investigating the utility of machine learning methods to predict prognosis and guide treatment decisions for people with lung cancer (Lung-ORACLE)£451,104.99
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthPereira Stephen ProfessorInnovate UK - EU Underwrite31/01/2023 [RETRO] TRAINING IN TRANSLATIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR MINIMAL INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY IN PANCREATICO-BILIARY CANCERS£135,349.97
Department of ImagingThielemans Kris ProfessorGeneral Electric Company30/01/2023 Exploitation of Photon Energy in PET Imaging  PhD Studentship£68,555.00
Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthMookerjee Raj ProfessorNational Institute for Health Research24/01/2023 CirrhoCare: A real-world, randomised controlled study, to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of CirrhoCare digital home monitoring and management in patients with decompensated cirrhosis£1,866,040.94
InflammationRosser Lizzy DrFoundation for Research in Rheumatology11/01/2023 Immunomodulation of pathogenic B-cell responses by gut-derived metabolites in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis£157,420.64
Renal MedicineBeale Rupert DrMedical Research Council05/01/2023 Broadly neutralising antibodies after vaccination£1,552,265.33
InflammationSchreiber Benjamin DrRoyal Free Charity03/01/2023 Radioactive microparticles for the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension£24,928.52