Academic Clinical Fellows - research
Projects which our ACFs have done - often in preparation for a DPhil/PhD application.
Clinical outcome assessment in hand surgery
Assessing the validity, responsiveness and interpretability of existing patient-reported outcome measures, and understanding the impact of hand conditions and their treatment.
Neurodegeneration in Altzheimer’s disease
Using a drosophilia model to look for therapies to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
THE GENETICS OF INHERITED AND SPORADIC COLORECTAL CANCER
Sequencing genes in a large cohort of individuals with cancer to identify carriers of genes implicated in cancer and characterise their phenotypes.
THE PATHOLOGY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Investigating the role of metabolism in angiogenesis in a cancer cell line.
BREAST CANCER – DIAGNOSIS AND OUTCOMES
Investigating outcomes for women with ductal-carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS), one of the most common types of non-invasive breast tumour.
ULTRASOUND MARKERS OF SUCCESSFUL PLEURODESIS IN MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Finding ultrasound markers that may allow clinicians to identify patients whose pleurodesis has been successful and can be discharged home earlier than currently.
NEURAL CORRELATES OF CHRONIC PAIN IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
How can patients with chronic pancreatitis be more effectively treated in order to decrease the impact of their disease on everyday life?
HAEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION: ACQUIRED COAGULOPATHIES
What defines acquired coagulopathies in patients in intensive care? How adequately is risk of bleeding being assessed in patients in intensive care or with liver cirrhosis?
OUTCOMES FOLLOWING SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
How effective is prescribing prophylactic anti-reflux medication to reduce the rate of post-operative oesophageal stricture formation?
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF SPEED BUMPS IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Can patients’ reports of pain when going over speed bumps on the way to hospital help diagnose appendicitis?
STUDYING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY
What is the potential impact on chronic disease of a UK tax based on foods’ greenhouse gas emissions? Do health and sustainability goals align?
LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF POST-HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RATES OF SUICIDE IN OXFORDSHIRE
Although the overall rate of death by suicide is falling, more than 4,300 people still die by suicide in England and Wales each year, with many more suicide attempts occurring.
THE ROLE OF ABSORBABLE NANO-FIBRE SCAFFOLDS IN TREATING CHRONIC TENDINOPATHY
Research in to improving the way we treat patients with chronic tendon and ligament degenerative disease.
INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL TRANSLATION OF REGULATORY CELLULAR THERAPIES INTO PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATIENTS
A study which will analyse the frequency and function of Regulatory T Cells (Treg) in paediatric patients with T1DM compared to healthy children undergoing elective surgery.
