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                  Research update

                  Wellbeing of Women received 55 applications for the 2008 grant round.  Five research grants totalling £629,306 were awarded in the areas of Pregnancy and Birth, Gynaecological Cancer and Quality of Life. £115,000 was funded from National Birthday Trust funds.

                   
                  Research Grants were awarded to:

                  Dr Judith Bulmer, Institute of Cellular Medicine Newcastle University
                  Investigation of the role of intrauterine interleukin 8 and interleukin 6 in normal early pregnancy and sporadic miscarriage; £101,696 over 36 months

                   

                  Dr Douglas Tincello, University of Leicester
                   Randomised placebo controlled trial of botulinum toxin A for detrusor overactivity in women; £103,993 over 36 months

                   

                  Dr Hilary Russell, Queen’s University, Belfast

                  SEPT 9: Does the carboxy terminus of the protein matter?; £146,805 over 36 months

                   

                  Dr Eamonn Sheridan, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine
                  Investigation into the genetics of Cerebral Palsy £147,367 over 36 months

                   

                  Dr Andrew Horne, University of Edinburgh
                  Aberrant prokineticin expression as a cause for ectopic pregnancy: the effects of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and smoking; £128,445 over 24 months

                   Wellbeing of Women Research Training Fellowships
                  Fourteen applications were received for Wellbeing of Women Research Training Fellowships this year.  Five candidates were interviewed and two selected for award:

                  Dr Lynne Newton  Imperial College, London
                  CRTH2 mediated inhibition of Nuclear factor kappa B and myometrial contractility’; £167,911 over 36 months

                   
                  Dr Mark Tattersall Imperial College London
                  ‘Progesterone action and withdrawal: the role of mechanical stretch and inflammatory factors’ ; £110,371over 24 months

                   
                  Entry Level Scholarships
                  13 applications were received and four were successful:

                  Dr Rashmi Shirbhate, Newcastle University
                  Origin of cervical cytokines in preterm labour; £14,943

                  Dr Ganeshelvi Premkumar, University of Southampton
                  The impact of maternal diet on embryo growth and development; £19,950

                  Dr Kulvir Hundal, University of Oxford
                  Changes in the Th1/Th2 immune bias in T, NK and NKT cells throughout the menstrual cycle - potential markers of implantation failure?  £10,770

                  Dr Ioannis Gallos, Birmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Trust Clinical, morphological and biomarker investigation of endometrial hyperplasia before and following treatment with Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS); £17,500

                   
                  Medical and Midwifery Student Elective Bursaries 2008
                  140 applications were received and 27 bursaries have been awarded.


                  The next Research Grant Round is now open. Please click here for details.

                   


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