2021 Award Winners
Dietitian Recognition Award
Lindsay Carnie
Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Project Title: Establishing an Algorithm for Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT)
Supervisor: Angela Lamarca
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
Essay Prize Winner
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
F1/F2 Research Award
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
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
Nurse Prize
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
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
SPR trainee Audit / Quality Improvement Award
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
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
Student Prizes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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