Wellbeing of Women

2009 Grants

Grants Awarded in 2009

So far in 2009, Wellbeing of Women has awarded a total of £492,499 to 5 research projects for research into the better health of women and their babies and £73,357 to 4 Entry Level Scholarships. No Research Training fellowships were awarded.

Medical and Midwifery Student Elective Bursaries 2009

20 bursaries have been awarded this year.

2009 ICAP Entry Level Scholarship
Dr Sarah-Jane Lam at Imperial College was awarded £20,000 for her project To investigate the expression of Larp1 protein in ovarian cancer before and after the development of chemotherapy resistance

2009 Sir George Pinker Entry Level Scholarship
Dr Adam Kay at the Royal Free and University College Medical School was awarded £14,655 for his project Properties of the Umbilical Artery in Babies born to Mothers with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

2009 BMI Healthcare Entry Level Scholarship
Dr Evangelia Bakali at the University of Leicester was awarded £19,507 Distribution and expression of cannabinoid receptors in human and rodent bladders and action upon pre- and post-synaptic neurotransmitter pathways

2009 ICAP Entry Level Scholarship
Dr Kenneth Hodson at the University of Newcastle was awarded £19,195 for his project Lipid Metabolism in Normal Pregnancy – A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Entry Level Scholarships

Wellbeing of Women received 13 applications for entry level scholarships and awarded four:

Project Grants

Wellbeing of Women received 57 applications for the 2009 grant round.

The role of the identified regulators of cell fate (RCF) and metastasis-inducing-proteins (MIP) in endometrial stem/progenitor cells (SPC) in endometriosis.

Dr Dharani Hapangama (Liverpool Women’s Hospital), Dr Caroline Gargett, Professor Philip S Rudland, Dr Gabriele Saretzki, Professor Thomas von Zglinicki, Dr Siobhan Quenby

£149,247 over 36 months

Uterine Rupture: estimating absolute risks and quantifying risk factors. A UK national study

Dr Marian Knight (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford), Professor ZarkoAlfirevic, Dr Jennifer Kurinczuk and Professor Peter Brocklehurst,
£19,505 over 24 months

The Aetiology of Hot Flushing in Postmenopausal Women and Hypogonadal Men
Professor Mary Ann Lumsden (University of Glasgow), Professor William Ferrell, Professor David Wyper, Dr Sally Pimlott, Professor Hing Leung
£149,250 over 24 months

Pregnancy outcomes after maternal exposure to topical corticosteroids

Professor Fenella Wojnarowska (Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine and Department of Dermatology) and Dr Ching-Chi Chi,
£24,787 over 12 months

Thyroid hormone action in the decidua during human pregnancy

Dr Shiao Chan (Birmingham Women's Hospital), Professor Mark Kilby, Professor Jayne Franklyn, Dr Laurence Loubiere and Dr Gendie Lash,
£149,710 over 36 months