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Bupa Foundation medical research grants awarded
Grants held in 2008
Thorgersen-Ntoumani, C (Birmingham), £83,203; "Step by Step: a feasibility study on the promotion of lunchtime walking to increase physical activity and improve mental well-being in sedentary employees."
Quigley, M (Oxford), £126,435; "A population-based study of the health and developmental consequences of preterm birth."
Singhal, R (University Hospital Birmingham), £150,424; Metabolomics in prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Fitzgerald, R (Cambridge University), £216,762; "Development of biomarkers and novel sampling techniques for screening and surveillance of Barrett's Oesophagus."
Lawton, R (University of Leeds), £50,000 (additional to earlier grant of £332,172); "Increasing physical activity: designing and testing a workplace intervention."
Mason, S (Sheffield), £52,732; "What are the safety, quality and training implications of the four-hour target for emergency departments in the UK?"
Burney, P (Imperial College London), £99,138; "Global Burden of Chronic Respiratory Disease."
Oakeshott, P (St Georges University of London), £141,658; "Prevalence and incidence of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in multiethnic, sexually active young women: community based cohort study."
Moorthy (Imperial College London), £170,082; "Improving the quality of care of emergency surgical patients."
Taylor , R (Penisula Medical School), £9,988; "The effect of targeted exercise on falls and function with people with Parkinson's disease (GET uP): an economic evaluation."
Winters,Z (University of Bristol), £179,400; "Differences between hospital death rates following elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (ERA) with allowance for risk factors."
Livingston, G (UCL), £120,819; "The CHOICE study - Choice Optimisation for Carers."
Stack, E (University of Southampton), £88,489; "The prediction, assessment and prevention of falls among people with Parkinson's Disease and cognitive co-morbidity."
Owen, D (St Georges University of London), £11,183 (additional to earlier grant of £98,741); "Retinal microvascular structure in British children of South Asian, African-Caribbean and White European origin."
Garralda, E (Imperial College London), £57,240; "A surveillance study of the incidence, associated factors and short-term outcome of Conversion Disorder in children in United Kingdom and Ireland."
Dawson (Oxford), £142,513; "Prospective assessment of outcomes and satisfaction with foot and ankle surgery, and evaluation of the new MOXFQ patient-reported outcome measure in relation to surgery on different regions of the foot and ankle."
Shah, S (St Georges University of London), £144,161; "An investigation of the quality of primary care for older care home residents using linkage within a primary care database."
Shah, S (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), £20,109; "The Cataract Surgery Case Mix Study."
Mr P Ahrens, (Royal Free Hospital), £49,110; "Randomised controlled multicentre study of conservative management vs. open reduction and internal fixation of mid-shaft clavicle fractures."
Dr B Wright (Selby & York PCT), £56,042; "Would some genetically vulnerable surgical patients benefit from prophylactic serotonergic reuptake inhibitors to prevent poor postoperative psychological recovery? Phase 1: Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms as predictors for recovery after laproscopic cholecystectomy."
Professor N Maffuli (Keele University/University North Staffordshire), £7000; "Comparison of Sub-vastus and standard medial parapatellar approach for a total knee replacement: eight year outcomes following a randomised controlled trial" (PILOT)
Tuffrey-Wijne, I (St George's Hospital), £100,580; "Breaking bad news and communicating about illness with people with learning difficulties."
Reilly, J (University of Glasgow), £78,150; "Paradigm shift in use of physical activity in treatment and prevention: associations between objectively measured physical activity and cognition in 11-13 year olds in ALSPAC."
Grants held in 2007
Dr V Strange, University of London, £266,278 over 30 months. Women’s experiences of childbirth: continuities and discontinuities in social and medical aspects of first childbirth.
Miss A Halliday, St Georges' School of Medicine and Dentistry, £434,335 over a three year period. Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2): An international randomised trial of carotid artery surgery versus stenting in at least 500 patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.
Dr A Olujohungbe, University Hospital Aintree NHS Trust, £40,000 over two years. A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of oral Ephedrine and Etilefrine in the prevention of recurrent (stuttering) attacks of priapism in sickle cell disease: A multicentre international study in older children and adults.
Dr J Stephens, University of Wales, Swansea, £96,163 over three years. Incretin hormones, obesity and impaired glucose homeostasis: Bariatric surgery as a tool to study the role of incretin hormones in obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction.
University College, Dr R Chen, £120,710 over an eighteen month period. Incidence, predictors and prognosis of dementia in an older population who are socio- economically deprived but at low levels of depression and cardiovascular risk factors.
Dr A Montgomery, University of Bristol, £55,345 over a one year period. Decision-making among pregnant women who have had a previous caesarean section: a qualitative video interview study.
Dr P Oakeshott, St Georges' Medical and Dental School, a further £29,901. Community based trial of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease.
Dr Winter, Papworth Hospital Cambridge, a further £84,050 for randomised controlled trial of video-assisted Thoraloscopic Cytoreductive Pleurectomy compared to Talc Pleurodesis in patients with suspected or proven mesothelioma.
Dr D Kessler, University of Bristol, a further £58,181 for randomised control trial of internet-based vognitive behavioural psychotherapy for depression.
Dr Kim Thomas, University of Nottingham, a further £23,334 for a randomised controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent cellulitis (erysipelas) of the leg.
Dr A Davies, University of Wales, Swansea, £43, 697.84 over one year for a research project: "Asymptomatic carriage of cryptosporidium in pre-school age children in the UK."
Professor C Brayne, University of Cambridge, £56,557 over two years for a research project: "Harnessing the potential of prospective population based clinico-pathological studies: harmonisation of datasets and new more powerful analyses."
Dr W Zhang, University of Nottingham, £219,691 over a two year period for a research project: "Nottingham knee osteoarthritis cohort study - risk modification and prevention."
Dr P Edwards, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, £43,767 over one year for a research project: "Increasing response to postal questionnaires: an updated review of the evidence."
Professor David Strachan, St Georges University of London, £179,506 over three years for a project: "The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)."
Mr PO Ahrens, Royal Free Hospital Hampstead NHS Trust, £49,110 over three yearss for a project: "Randomised controlled multicentre study of conservative management vs open reduction and internal fixation of mid-term clavicle fractures."
Mr Patrick Coughlin, Hull Royal Infirmary, £88,537 over two years for a project: "Biomechanical variables that influence performance of daily tasks in patients with lower limb ischaemia."
Professor David Melzer, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, £116,901 over two yearsfor a project: "Genetic variation and the health of middle-aged and older workers."
Dr Christopher Owen, St Georges University of London, £98,741 over two years for a project: "Retinal microvascular structure in British children of South Asian, African Caribbean and White European origin."
Mr Michael Clarke, Newcastle University, £34,419 over two years for a project: "The improving outcomes in intermittent exotropia study: Developing a patient care pathway."
Grants held in 2006
The following projects were awarded Bupa Foundation medical research grants in 2006.
Dr J Dale, Warwick Medical School, a further £25,723. Telecare motivational interviewing for Diabetes patient education and support.
Professor Bath, University of Nottingham, a further £49,583. Improving the management of blood pressure in acute stroke: the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) study.
Professor S Jackson, University of Nottingham, £127,476 over a three year period. Evaluating robot-assisted shaping therapy as an effective means to facilitate upper limb recovery following stroke.
Dr D Bates, Frenchay Hospital Bristol, £74,619 over a three-year period. The prognostic value of the Shield index in melanoma.
Mr M Caputo, University of Bristol, £88,040 over a two-year period. Neurological evaluation and intelligence testing in cyanotic children undergoing open heart surgery using normoxic or hyperoxic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Dr R McNally, University of Newcastle, £182,699 over a three-year period. An epidemiological study of gender-related differences in susceptibility to childhood cancer.
Dr N Siddiqi, University of Leeds, £118,969 over two-year period. A multi-component intervention to prevent delirium and improve its management in nursing and residential homes.
Grants held in 2005
The following projects were awarded Bupa Foundation medical research grants in 2005.
Professor N Wald Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry for £24,363 over one-year period. Randomised trial of helicobacter pylori screening.
Professor S Lovestone Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London for £311,336 over three years. Integrating clinical outcomes and biomarkers in dementia: GSK-3 and quality of life.
Dr J Knight, The Stroke Association for £179,805 over three years. Asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST) - 10-year results.
Dr L Baum, Chinese University of Hong Kong for £12,260 over 15 months. A pilot study of curcumin for treating alzheimer's disease.
Ms J Fleming, University of Cambridge for £159,719 over three years. Living and dying in extreme old age - a qualitative and quantitative study.
Ms C Bamford, University of Newcastle for £200,647 over two years. Improving patient-centred care for people with dementia in medical encounters.
Professor P Salmon, University of Liverpool for £82,148 over 18 months. Patients' perspective on traditional and innovative regimens for hip arthroplasty.
Dr R Kneebone, Imperial College London for £298,398 over three years. Reducing stress in surgeons: developing an interventional tool.
Dr C W McGrother, University of Leicester for £104,120 over two years. Evaluation of diet and lifestyle, co-morbidity and socio-economic factors in urinary storage disorder in women.
Double-blind randomised cross-over trial to assess the value of screening in an adult population for hypothyroidism. Professor M Law, Barts' and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry for £92,033 over three years.
Dr N Fox, University College London for £58,924 over one year. The diagnostic value and significance of ECG in the detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease.
Dr S Langan, University of Nottingham for £127,855 over two years. A prospective study of the effects of environmental factors on atopic eczema in children.
Professor J Konje, University of Leicester for £143,798 over two years. An evaluation of the role of the plasma endocannabinoid, anandamide in the prediction of preterm delivery - an important cause of significant morbidity and disability.
Dr D Phillips, University of Southampton for £34,232 over 18 months. Early physiotherapy for acute Lower Back Pain ("LBP") in health care workers.
Dr K Thomas, University of Nottingham for £191,654 over four years. A randomised controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent cellulitis (erysipelas) of the leg.
Dr A Miles, University of Bath for 155,392 over three years. The optimisation of the handling and flow characteristics of biomaterials suitable for spinal augmentation procedures.
Professor R Williams, University of Wales Swansea for £67,098 over two years. Examining the effectiveness of peer lead education for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in UK Bangladeshi population.
Dr K Ballard, University of Surrey for £47,518 over one year. The development and validation of a multi-dimensional, non-surgical measure to diagnose endometriosis and differentiate between superficial and deep disease.
Mr P McCulloch, University of Oxford for £294,181 over two years. Can team communications training improve behaviour, attitudes, error rates or outcomes in the operating theatre?
Professor C Orpwood, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering for £25,609 over two years. Proposal to evaluate autonomous smart home installation for people with dementia.
Professor I Roberts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for £219,707 over two years. The CRASH-2 trial (clinical randomisation of an antifibrinolytic in significant haemorrhage).
Professor S Roulstone, University of the West of England for £112,337 over two years. Predicting persistence, resolution and outcomes of stuttering in children in the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children (ALSPAC).
Dr E Murray, Royal Free and University Medical School for ££80,332 over three years. How does an internet intervention help patients with coronary heart disease achieve better health?
Professor C Ballard, Kings College London for £154,794 over three years. The frequency, outcome and causes of post-operative cognitive decline in older people.
Dr M Blanchard, Royal Free and University Hospital Medical School for £214,596 over three years. Palliative care in patients with advanced dementia and their carers: assessment of need and development of an intervention.
Dr K Brain, Cardiff University School of Medicine for £198,015 over three years. A psychological evaluation of familial ovarian cancer screening.
Bupa Foundation grants held in 2004
The following projects were awarded Bupa Foundation medical research grants in 2004.
Mr J N'Dow, University of Aberdeen £179,857 Prospective collaborative study of patients with intestinal segments transposed into the urinary tract following surgery for bladder cancer or benign end-stage bladder disease.
Dr A McPherson, University of Oxford £98,921 Immunising children: The experiences of parents in decision making and choice.
Professor R Williams, University of Wales, Swansea £152,504 The prevalence and characterisation of latent autoimmune diabetes.
Dr D Kessler University of Bristol £329,504 randomised controlled trial of internet-based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy for depression.
Mr R Illing University of Oxford £9,071 High intensity focused ultrasound in the management of small renal tumours.
Dr J Hamilton-Shield University of Bristol £118,652 Can a novel treatment using mandometer technology improve weight loss in a child obesity clinic?
Dr Beard University of Oxford £44,292 Is minimally invasive total hip replacement clinically advantageous, safe and cost effective compared to conventional total hip arthroplasty.
Dr P Oakeshott St George's Hospital Medical School, London £145,876 Community-based trial of screening for chlamydia trachomatis to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease.
Dr A Barnicoat University College London £12,415 Communicating genetics with learning disabled people.
Dr H Davies Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust £146,563 Harnessing patient expertise to improve patient-doctor communication.
Professor A Pierro, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children £180,492 Minimal access repair of contralateral hernias (MARCH randomised controlled trial) laproscopic versus open repair of inguinal hernias in infants.
Mr RT Steffen Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre £47,024 The effect of hip resurfacing on blood flow in the femoral head.
Mr P Hall Addensbrookes Hospital, Cambridge £56,801 Diagnosing suspicious pigmented skin lesions in primary care using the SIAscope.
Dr P Rothwell University of Oxford £161,544 Improving the effectiveness of early prevention of stroke after TIA or minor stroke.
Dr L Brabin University of Manchester £153,040 The role of chlamydia for screening young women requesting emergency hormonal contraception (EHC).
Professor P Thomas Dorset Research and Development Support Unit £59,131 Adaptation, development, process evaluation and three centre pilot of a fatigue management programme for multiple sclerosis.
Professor D Henson Manchester University and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital £74,434 Clinical and social risk factors for sight loss in primary open-angle glaucoma.
Dr N Panay and Dr B Cloke Hammersmith Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital £5720 A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of oral misoprostol for cervical priming before outpatient hysteroscopy.
Bupa Foundation grants held in 2003
The following projects were awarded Bupa Foundation medical research grants in 2003.
Dr H Prosser, University of Liverpool. The content and perception of prescription drug information in the print news media.
Dr A M Brooke, University of Leicester. Genotype, environment and ethnicity in the natural history of asthma in childhood.
Dr R Winter, Papworth Hospital NHS Trust. Prospective RCT of VATS cytoreductive pleurectomy compared to talk pleurodesis in patients with suspected or proven malignant mesothelioma.
Dr A Metcalfe, University of Birmingham. Meeting the education and information needs of patients about genetic predisposition to cancer.
Dr C Eccleston, University of Bath. Development of a multi-dimensional inventory to measure the impact of adolescent chronic pain on parents.
Professor B McCormack, University of Ulster. Using older people's stories to inform service development.
Mrs C Moore, National Medical Laser Centre, University College London. The behaviour of light in the prostate - implications for photodynamic therapy for prostate cancer.
Dr J Zakrzewska, Bart's & the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry. Decision analysis in trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr E Murray, Royal Free & University College London. Why do patients use interactive health communication applications, and what criteria do they use for assessing the quality of the application?
Dr J Dale, University of Warwick. Telecare motivational interviewing for diabetes patient education and support.
Dr A Pollard, Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford. Parental perceptions concerning children's participation in research into childhood immunisations.
Professor P Bath, University of Nottingham. Improving the management of blood pressure in acute stroke: the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) study.
Professor N Habib, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London. Radio frequency bipolar bloodless liver tumour resection device.
Bupa Foundation grants held in 2002
Professor N J Wald, Wolfson Institute. Helicobacter Pylori Project.
Dr G Neale, AVMA. Development of a practical method for case record review in hospital practice.
Mr A S Ali-Khan, University of Bristol. The prognostic value and significance of adhesion molecules in melanocytic lesions.
Dr J Powell, University of London. Surgery for subarachnoid haemorrhage: Can post-surgical support from a clinical nurse specialist reduce adverse psychological and functional outcomes?
Professor M Reed, University of Sheffield. Endoscopic ablation of barratts oesophagus (RCT).
Professor N J Wald, Wolfson Institute. Maintenance of blood samples.
Professor C Bradshaw, Marsden Rd Health Centre. A study to examine how quickly patients recover from common surgical procedures.
Dr S Roberts, Oxford University. Development of a brain-computer interfacing system for people with severe disabilities.
Dr S Logan, Institute of Child Health. Can clinical trial results be trusted?
Professor R Reznek, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Medical & Dental School, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Magnetic Resonance (MR) Lymphograhy in the pre-operative assessment of gynaecological malignancies: evaluation of a new MR contrast agent.
Dr D M Tappin. University of Glasgow, Smokechange.
Professor A Pierro, University College London/Institute of Child Health. Promoting glutathione synthesis in critically ill septic infants and children.
Dr E Hypponen and Professor C Power, Institute of Child Health, University College London. Vitamin D status in mid-life: a study of disease risk; seasonal and geographical variation in the 1958 cohort.
Professor G D Angelini, Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol. Normoxic vs hyperoxic cardiopulmonary bypass in children undergoing repair of Tetralogy of Fallot.
Professor M Marshall, University of Manchester. Informing the public about the quality of health care.
Dr A Ashcroft, Imperial College London. Social exclusion and trust in the use of medical records.
Dr J S Rahi, Institute of Child Health, University College London. An investigation of risk factors for, and outcomes of, ophthalmic disorders in the British 1958 birth cohort.
Mr C Brown, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London. Self-management for men with uncomplicated lower urinary tract symptoms: A randomised controlled trial against standard therapy.
Professor A Darzi, Imperial College. Development of robotically enhanced operating theatre.
Dr R North, Cardiff University. Evaluation of digital retinal imaging in the detection and quantification of diabetic macular oedema.
Dr T Harris, St George's Hospital Medical School. Longitudinal study of changes in depression, disability, social circumstances and health service use among older people in primary care.
Dr J Dawson, Oxford Brookes University. Validation of an outcomes questionnaire for bunion surgery and exploration of people's pre-surgical expectations of outcome and satisfaction.
Professor R Gray, University of Birmingham, PROSPER: Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. Randomised trial of rectal prolapse surgery.
Professor J R Monson, University of Hull. Virtual versus conventional colonoscopy in the assessment of patients at high risk for colorectal cancer.
Mr R Harrison, The Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust (RAFT), Institute of Plastic Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex, The elucidation of flexor tendon healing mechanisms and their strategic modification.
Professor P Whincup, St George's Hospital Medical School. Cardiorespiratory consequences of passive smoking in children and adults.
Dr E J Carr, Bournemouth University. Prevalence of patterns of pre-operative anxiety on patients undergoing gynaecological surgery.
Dr V Jenkins, University of Sussex. Exploratory pilot study to investigate whether hormonal therapy for prostate cancer has an adverse effect on cognition.
Dr C Sadler, University of Southampton. A study to determine the influence of life-style, demographic and socio-economic factors on pre-menstrual tension (PMS).
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