Academic Clinical Fellows - research
Projects which our ACFs have done - often in preparation for a DPhil/PhD application.
GENERAL PRACTICE
Understanding prognosis for patients with chronic heart failure
Information is needed to inform management decisions, advanced care planning, and public health and policy planning.
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
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
Paediatrics
HIV evolution in early infancy and mother to child transmission
Looking at how the HIV virus evolves can provide evidence of the immune system acting on the virus to drive mutations
PSYCHIATRY
Neurodegeneration in Altzheimer’s disease
Using a drosophilia model to look for therapies to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease
RADIOLOGY
Hyperpolarised xenon magnetic resonance imaging
Investigating the use of a novel non-radioactive gas contrast imaging technique
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
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
SURGERY AND TRAUMA & ORTHOPEDICS
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
The role of absorbable nano-fibre scaffolds in treating chronic tendinopathy
Research into improving the way we treat patients with chronic tendon and ligament degenerative disease
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
