current research

Dave Casson Research Fellowship (3 years 2016–2019)

Grant Awarded:	£171,883
Grant awarded to:	Dr Matt Zilbauer and Dr Rob Heuschkel, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
Project Supervisors:	Dr Matt Zilbauer and Dr Rob Heuschkel
Research Fellow:	Dr Marco Gasparetto
Project:	Validation and clinical application of CD8+ T-lymphocyte gene expression profiles as disease prognostic biomarker in paediatric IBD

PhD studentship (3 year 2016–2019)

Grant Awarded:	£69,943
Grant awarded to:	Dr Mairi McLean, University of Aberdeen
PhD Student:	Daniel Brice
Project:	Interleukin-27 responses in inflammatory bowel disease – a potential new therapeutic?

PhD studentship (3 year 2016–2019)

Grant Awarded:	£69,943
Grant awarded to:	Professor Tom Wileman, East Anglia University
PhD Student:	Rai Shashank
Project:	Can inhibition of caspase-3 offset genetic predisposition to Crohn’s Disease?

Research Project (2 years 2016–2018)

Grant Awarded:	£99,772
Grant awarded to:	Professor Deborah Christie and Dr Jackie Doyle, UCLH
Project:	An Evaluation of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Groups for Adolescents and Young Adults with Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis

PhD studentship (3 year 2017–2020)

Grant Awarded:	£82,67
Grant awarded to:	Dr Matt Zilbauer, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
PhD student	Georgia Stavrou
Project:	Validation and use of Human intestinal epithelial organoids as models to study paediatric IBD pathogenesis