2020 Award Winners
Dietitian Recognition Award
Cristian Costas Battle
Dietetic Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary
PROJECT TITLE: Impact of a New Secondary Care Dietetic-Led Coeliac Service in Bradford
SUPERVISOR: Mr Rupert Allen
Essay Prize Winner
William Cambridge
Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh
ESSAY TITLE: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Survival After Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
SUPERVISOR: Dr Rachel Guest, Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Specialist Registrar
F1/F2 Research Award
Dr Maja Kopczynska
Intestinal Failure Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
PROJECT TITLE: Psychosexual Function and Quality of Life in Chronic Intestinal Failure
SUPERVISOR: Professor Simon Lal
Dr Nicole Cianci
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorder Theme within the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham.
PROJECT TITLE: Biomarkers for All-Cause Mortality in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
SUPERVISOR: Professor Guruprasad P. Aithal
Medical Nurse Recognition Award
Louise Downey
PROJECT TITLE: A Data Driven Service Evaluation of an IBD Help Line
SUPERVISOR: Dr Markus Gwiggner
Student Prizes
Moksh Sharma
UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, University College London
PROJECT TITLE: A Genome-wide Association Study of Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
SUPERVISOR: Dr Stephen Atkinson
Aaminah Mohammed
University College London Medical School
PROJECT TITLE: Sex Related Differences in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
SUPERVISOR: Dr Jennifer Ryan
Dylan McClurg
MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre. University of Cambridge
PROJECT TITLE: Characterising the Heterogeneity of Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma using a Panel of Patient-Derived Organoid Models for Translational Research and Precision Medicine.
SUPERVISOR: Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Sarah Coleman
Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, UK
PROJECT TITLE: Assessment of Gluten-Free Diet Adherence in Adults With Coeliac Disease: The Largest Prospective Study from the NHS England National Centre
SUPERVISOR: Professor David Sanders