Investing in future researchers
One of the most important objectives of Guts UK's research strategy is to maintain the supply of bright inquiring minds into research for the first time. This is how many of today’s leaders started. Our Guts UK/Dr Falk Awards were set up to do just this.
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 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.
See the previous award winners here“These awards are now in their 13th year, and each year the entry numbers grow in every category. We are especially gratified that many of the previous winners have stayed in gastroenterology and gone onto great things. Looking at the current crop of fantastic winners, we believe that this year will be no different”- Julie Harrington, Guts UK’s CEO
Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Essay (1 at £1000)
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Henry Lee-Six
Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Title of the project: Mutational landscape of normal colon
Project Supervisor: Professor Sir Michael Stratton
Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Prizes (4 at £1500 each)
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Jaclyn Tan
Department of Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital
Title of the project: Improving the diagnosis and management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis and ascites
Project Supervisor: Dr Rachel Westbrook
Jorlin Liu
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
University College London Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, University College Medical School
Title of project: Fatty acid metabolic pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma: novel biomarkers and treatment target
Project Supervisor: Dr Mark Waugh
Elisabeth Baggus
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, University of Sheffield
Title of the project: Non-responsive and refractory Coeliac Disease: the largest UK experience from the National Centre of the NHS England Rare Diseases Collaborative Network
Project Supervisor: Professor David Sanders
Elinor Roderick
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London
Title of the project: The impact of T cell receptor repertoire restriction in autoimmune hepatitis
Project Supervisor: Dr Neil Halliday, Professor Graeme Alexander & Professor David Sansom
Guts UK/Dr Falk Dietitian Prize (1 at £1000)
Isobel Connolly
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Advanced Dietitian in Paediatric Gastroenterology, St. George’s Hospital, London
Title of the project: To establish a dietetic-led clinic for the management of paediatric patients with coeliac disease and to evaluate the service pre and post change to the clinic structure
Guts UK/Dr Falk Nurse Prize
Elaine Lawson
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Hepatology Specialist Practitioner, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Title of the project: Maximise screening and treatment programmes for Hepatitis C within the local prisons
Guts UK/Dr Falk F1/F2 Research Grants (2 at £2,500 each)
Dr Oliver Shutkever
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Department of Pathology, University College London
Title of the project: Chromosomal copy number alterations in gastric intestinal metaplasia as a potential biomarker for risk of progression to gastric cancer
Project Supervisor: Dr Marnix Jansen
Dr Grace Hatton
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital
Title of the project: The role of faecal microbial transplantation (FMT) in treatment of chronic liver disease
Placement Supervisor: Dr Deborah Shawcross
Guts UK/Dr Falk SpR Trainee Audit / Quality Improvement Award
Dr Rishi Fofaria
Guts UK/Dr Falk 2019 Award Winner
Endoscopy and IBD Departments, St Mark’s Hospital, London
Title of the Project: Prospective observational study to investigate the role of pre-procedure faecal calprotectin before scheduled IBD surveillance colonoscopy to improve quality of care
Project Supervisor: Dr Naila Arebi
Awarded: £5,149