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Past Clinical Research Trainees Prize Winners

2008 Sponsored by Pharma UK Ltd
Dr D Cilliers
"RNF135, a gene with the 17Q11NF1-microdeletion region,
is responsible for a new autosomal dominant overgrowth syndrome"

2007
Dr E Kleyn
"The effect of acute social stress (modified Tier paradigm)
on cutaneous calcitonin gene – related peptide and
epidermal Langerhans’ cell frequency”

2006 Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Dr S Singh
"Inducing plasticity in human swallowing motor cortex:
defining the role of paired stimuli and brain glutamate"

2005 Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Dr P Matthews
"Exploring mechanisms of oesophageal hypersensitivity"

2004   Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr C Appleby
“Gene therapy for coronary in-stent stenosis”

2003    Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr A Drakeley 
     “The effect of anticardiolipin IgC antibody on primary extravillous
trophoblast differentiation - a mechanism for pregnancy loss?”

 2002     Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr K Kayan
     "Risk factors for hip fractures in older women in England"

       2001     Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr P A Kingston
     "Inhibition of luminal loss after coronary angioplasty
by adenovirus-mediated gene therapy to antagonize TGF-B1"

2000    Sponsored by Parke-Davis
Dr R A Malik
     "The pathology, pathogenesis and treatment
 of human diabetic neuropathy"

1999    Sponsored by Parke-Davis
Dr S Hamdy
     "Unravelling the human swallowing mechanism: explaining
why stroke patients loose and regain their ability to swallow"

1998    Sponsored by Glaxo
Dr D W Ray
     "Regulation at the ACTH precursor gene, POMC,
both in and out of the pituitary"

1997 

1996    Sponsored by Glaxo - Shared prize
Dr D C Betticher
     "A frequent CCND1 polymorphism modulates splicing of
cyclin D1 RNA and has prognostic value in patients
with resectable non-small cell lung cancer"

Dr B J Harrison
"Predicting the outcome in early inflammatory polyarthritis"

1995    Sponsored by Glaxo
Dr G S Ashcroft
     "The effect of ageing on cutaneous wound healing"

1994    Sponsored by Glaxo - Shared prize
Dr S Kumar
     "The effects of sustained suppression of serum non-esterified
fatty acids (NEFA) on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity"

Dr J Radford
"Reduction in haemopoietic stromal mass; a model
describing the long term effects of cytotoxic
chemotherapy on the bone marrow"

No prizes were held between 1993 and 1988

1989    Sponsored by Pfizer - Shared prize
Dr A Manivannan
"A case of asthma, eosinophilia and cardiac
failure in a 23 year old"

Dr J P R Dick
"Slowly progressive apraxia"

1988     Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr C Babbs
"A review of management of fulminant hepatic failure"  

1987    Sponsored by Pfizer - Shared prize
Dr A Manivannan
"A case of asthma, eosinophilia and cardiac
failure in a 23 year old"