Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund case studies
ISSF funding case studies 2019 - 2020
Dr Victoria Okolie
ISSF Daphne Jackson Fellowship
Development of digital PCR and next generation sequencing for monitoring patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)
Prof Jane Apperley
Dr Oghenebrume Wariri
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Mapping the spatial clustering of delayed infant vaccinations in The Gambia: exploring the role of geographic access to immunisation service points
Imperial Supervisor: Professor Deborah Ashby
Overseas Supervisor: Professor Beate Kampmann
Dr Ben Jones
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship
Tissue- and genotype-specific effects of biased GLP-1 receptor agonism in type 2 diabetes
ISSF funding case studies 19-20 row2
Dr Blerina Ahmetaj-Shala
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Blood outgrowth vascular cells: studies towards human autologous vascular bioassays and vessel constructs
Dr Steven Millership
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Tracking of neuronatin hypervariability and diet-induced deregulation in pancreatic beta cells
Dr Maria Pereira
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Cell fusion and multinucleation in osteoclasts: losing the macrophage identity at the expense of mitochondrial function
ISSF funding case studies 19-20 row3
Dr Bin Zhou
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Defining the impact of COPD airway microbiota perturbations upon susceptibility to bacterial infection
Dr Sally Kim
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
The impact of altered extracellular vesicle properties in lung tissue repair
ISSF funding case studies 2018 - 2019
Dr Tanweer Beleil
ISSF Daphne Jackson Fellowship
The role of the reproductive tract microbiome in preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (RRROM)
Dr David MacIntyre
Dr Jin Un Kim
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Treatment Eligibility Assessment of Hepatitis B infected Patients in Tanzania, East Africa
Imperial Supervisor: Dr Maud Lemoine
Overseas Supervisor: Dr John Rwegasha
Dr Nicholas Medjeral-Thomas
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship (IPPRF)
The Role of Factor H Related Protein 5 in Glomerular Complement Activation and Injury in IgA Nephropathy.
ISSF funding case studies 18-19
Dr Silvia Alexandra Rodrigues Mendes Ferreira
ISSF Springboard Fellowships
Harnessing stem cell-macrophage interplay to promote effective regeneration.
Dr Sarah May Johnson
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Defining the relationship between tuberculosis and cytomegalovirus in adolescents
Imperial Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Whittaker
Overseas Supervisor: Dr James Seddon
Dr Nikhil Vergis
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship
Metabolic regulation of monocyte function in alcoholic hepatitis
SSF funding case studies 2018 - 2019
Dr Athina Georgiadou
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Unravelling the mechanism of hyperlactataemia in severe malaria
Dr Zameer Mohamed
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship
The role of GeneXpert HCV viral load in the diagnostic algorithm for Tanzanian intravenous drug users, validating capillary whole blood testing
Imperial Supervisor: Maud Lemoine
Overseas Supervisor: Jessie Mbwambo
Dr David James Pinato
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship
Integrated phenotypic characterisation of the anti-tumour immune response
ISSF funding case studies 2018 - 2019
Dr Aran Singanayagam
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Defining the impact of COPD airway microbiota perturbations upon susceptibility to bacterial infection
Dr Sakib Rokadiya
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowships
The Mycobacterium Genomic Determinants of Radiological Pathology
Imperial Supervisor: Dr Louis Grandjean
Overseas Supervisor: Robert Gilman
Dr Chioma Izzi-Engbeaya
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship (IPPRF)
Investigating the Effect of Kisspeptin on Glucose Homeostasis
ISSF funding case studies 2019 - 2020
Dr Binoy Paulose Nadappuram
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Single Mitochondrion Sequencing using Nanoscale Tweezers
Dr Esin Nkereuwem
Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Post-tuberculosis lung function sequelae in children
Imperial Supervisor: Prof Andrew Bush
Overseas Supervisor: Prof Beate Kampmann
Dr Eleanor Sandhu
Imperial Post-Doctoral, Post-CCT Research Fellowship
Exploring the effect of renal haemodialysis and the gut hormone uroguanylin on salt appetite
ISSF funding case studies 2019 - 2020
Dr Julie McDonald
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Investigating the mechanism of intestinal decolonisation of multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens using faecal microbiota transplantation
Dr Greg Crawford
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
The role of antibody-secreting B cells in epithelial barrier homeostasis and gastrointestinal cancer
Dr Claudia Contini
ISSF Springboard Fellowship
Understanding cell motility processes through the realisation of an innovative self propelling and chemotactic protocell.