Research projects

Our projects span early stage studies such as first in human and feasibility studies to developing new research methodologies and tools. Take a look at all our projects across all our research themes and workstreams.

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Exploring the link between stress response dysfunction and mental health

The human body is designed to respond to stress in an automatic and instinctual way.
  • Theme Mental health
  • Workstream Biological interventions, trial recruitment and safety

Using dopamine to treat impaired memory in neurodegenerative disease

This project aims to explore if we can use dopamine to enhance sleep in people…
  • Theme Mental health
  • Workstream Biological interventions, trial recruitment and safety

Blood sugar control in liver cirrhosis and the impact of the late evening snack

Continuous glucose monitors have shown that some people with liver cirrhosis may have low blood…
  • Theme Diet and physical activity
  • Workstream Clinical diet and physical activity

Exploring what helps families reduce the amount of meat in their diet

Eating a diet rich in plant-based foods and reducing the amount of meat we eat…
  • Theme Diet and physical activity
  • Workstream Population diet and physical activity

Using AI to improve how we extract information from biomedical texts

Research papers and other biomedical documents contain knowledge about how diseases work. This knowledge could…
  • Theme Translational data science
  • Workstream Clinical informatics platforms

Helping people with idiopathic intracranial hypertension manage their weight

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition where the pressure inside the head becomes too…
  • Theme Diet and physical activity
  • Workstream Clinical diet and physical activity

Building creative confidence through writing

For over four years our researcher, Cat Jameson, has worked with a group of women…
  • Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Interviewing surgical teams to optimise new chemotherapy delivery method

Bowel, ovarian and stomach cancer often spreads (metastasises) to the lining (peritoneum) of the abdominal…
  • Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation
  • Workstream Innovative translational research methods

Improving how patients are selected for early evaluations of new surgical procedures and devices

Early evaluations are small studies about new or modified surgical procedures and devices. These studies…
  • Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation
  • Workstream Innovative translational research methods