Investing in future researchers
One of the most important objectives of Guts UK's research strategy is to maintain the supply of bright enquiring minds into research for the first time. This is how many of today’s leaders started.
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2018 Award Winners
We are delighted to announce the recent Guts UK/Dr Falk award holders and prize winners. Read more about their award-winning projects below.
You can see the previous award winners here.
Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Essay (1 at £1000)
Dr Awad Mahalhal
Gastroenterology Research Unit, University of Liverpool
Title of the project: Influence of Iron Supplementation on Gut Microbiota and the Natural History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Project Supervisor: Professor Chris Probert
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Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Prizes (4 at £1500 each)
Chun Yin Jocelyn Cheuk
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
Title of the project: The Development of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes harnessing the Gut Microbiota and Host Genetics
Project Supervisor: Dr Sylvia Pender, Dr Felino Cagampang
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Claudia Cipriano
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Title of the project: Assessment Of Body Composition and The Gut Hormone And Cytokine Profile Of Anorexic and Cachexia Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Patient
Project Supervisor: Professor John McLaughlin
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Ratnam Ghandi
Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham
Title of the project: The clearance of dead cells by hepatocytes: mechanism and clinical implications
Project Supervisor: Dr Zania Stamataki
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Lauren Marks
Gastroenterology Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital / University of Sheffield
Title of the project: Biopsy Avoidance Strategy in Adult Coeliac Disease
Project Supervisor: Professor David Sanders
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Guts UK/Dr Falk F1/F2 Research Grants (2 at £2,500 each)
Dr Emily Hughes
Department of Discovery and Translational Science, University of Leeds
Title of the project: Inflammatory crosstalk between adipose tissue and the liver
Project Supervisor: Dr Richard Parker
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Dr Camilla Rhead
Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital / UCL
Title of the project: An analysis of the incidence of bacterial infection, antibiotic use and resistance in patients with decompensated liver disease
Project Supervisor: Dr Alastair O’Brien
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Guts UK/Dr Falk Dietitian Prize (1 at £1000)
Dr Miranda Lomer
Reader in Dietetics, King’s College London
Title of the project: A dietary management pathway for irritable bowel syndrome
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Guts UK/Dr Falk SpR Trainee Audit / Quality Improvement Awards
Dr Laith Al Rubaiy
University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital of Llandough in Cardiff
Title of Project: Using Patients’ endoscopy educational VIDeos to improve their Experience and OutcomeS (P-VIDEOS) study
Awarded: £4,600
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Dr Misha Kabir
St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute
Title of Project: Developing a personalised patient decision aid to improve the quality of shared decision-making between Ulcerative Colitis patients diagnosed with dysplasia and their clinicians.
Awarded: £2,800
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Dr Dipesh Vasant
Salford Royal, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Title of Project: Anorectal dysfunction in ulcerative colitis: a cross sectional survey
Awarded: £2,600