The Winners
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2021 Award Winners

Dietitian Recognition Award

JT22-0084-1

Lindsay Carnie

Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Project Title: Establishing an Algorithm for Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT)

Supervisor: Angela Lamarca

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JT22-0089

Helen Dumpleton

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust

Project Title: An Audit of the Effectiveness of IBS Dietary Advice in a Cambridgeshire Community Setting

Supervisor: Mrs Kim Jones

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Essay Prize Winner

JT22-0115-1

Niraj Doshi

University College London Medical School

Project Title: A Genome-Wide Association Study of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Trivandrum, India

Supervisor: Professor Andrew McQuillin

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F1/F2 Research Award

JT22-0038-1

Dr Rebecca Jeyaraj

Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London

Project Title: Variation in genes involved in bile acid homeostasis and their contribution to paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Supervisor: Professor Richard Thompson

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JT22-0104-1

Dr Umair Akbani

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Project Title: Evaluating the performance of a novel classification system for irritable bowel syndrome in predicting outcomes to gut-focused hypnotherapy

Supervisor: Dr Dipesh Vasant

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Nurse Prize

JT22-0096-1

Sister Kim Shaw

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Project Title: Establishing a New Nurse–run Early Diagnostic Upper GI service Incorporating Cytosponge as Part of COVID Recovery and Service
Improvement 

Supervisor: Dr Danielle Morris

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JT22-0169-1

Laura Kent

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Project Title: Implementing a Long Term Indwelling Abdominal Drain service to support patients with advanced liver disease to have an improved quality of life

Supervisor: Matron Kevin Jenner

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SPR trainee Audit / Quality Improvement Award

JT22-0137-1

Dr Flora Kokwaro

Intestinal failure and Transplant at St. Marks Intestinal rehabilitation and nutrition unit, London

Project Title: My Tube Passport – ” Mind My Tube “. A hospital e-passport for the patient with an enterostomy device

Supervisor: Dr Mani Naghibi

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Dr Tessa Cacciottolo

University of Cambridge & Department of Hepatology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Project Title: Using age-appropriate information to support adolescents and young adults with liver disease as they transition from paediatric to adult services

Supervisor: Dr Victoria Snowdon

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Student Prizes

JT22-0018-1

Wing Kiu Chou

University of East Anglia

Project Title: Clinical and Genetic Determinates of Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A systematic review and population based genetic association study in the UK Biobank

Supervisor: Mr Bhaskar Kumar

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JT22-0014-1

Oluwatobi Adegboye

University of Manchester School of Medicine

Project Title: Does Disruption of the Circadian Clock System Advance Liver Fibrosis?

Supervisor: Professor Karen Piper Hanley

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Monira Khatun

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction at Imperial College London

Project Title: Defining the Role of invariant Natural Kill T-cells (iNKT) and Interleaukin – 22 (IL-22) in the Pathogenesis of Perianal Fistulising Crohn’s Disease

Supervisor: Mr Sulak Anandabaskaran

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JT22-0127-1

Aala Mohammed Ali

University of Leeds Medical School

Project Title: Characterising chronotype, sleep, and circadian disruption in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Supervisor: Professor John McLaughlin

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Kader Torbator

Imperial Collage London Medial School

Project Title: The Association between Psoriasis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease using Transient Elastography to Assess Fibrosis and Steatosis: A Retrospective Study

Supervisor: Dr Laith Al Rubaiy

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Petra Paiz

Imperial College London Medical School

Project Title: Developing a direct mass spectrometric assay for the identification of early disease biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Supervisor: Mr. James Kinross

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JT22-0026-1

Reuben Veysey-Smith

University of Liverpool Medical School

Project Title: Investigating the Relative Impacts of Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Therapy, H. pylori-induced Gastritis and Gastric Mucosal Atrophy on Fasting Serum Gastrin Concentrations

Supervisor: Professor Mark Pritchard

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