2021

LAURA BAILEY

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

Title: TBC

Supervisors: David Ray, Noelia Martinez Sanchez, Matthew Baxter, Ana Isabel Dias Neto Domingos

Desire Habonimana

Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine

Preparing for Paediatric Service Redesign (PREPARE) in a Low-Income Country: exploring the needs and capacity of producing paediatric workforce in BDI

Supervisors: Michael English, Catia Nicodemo 

ADRIANNA BANDUCCI-KARP

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Viral manipulation of host cell biology for assembly, secretion and immune evasion 

Supervisors: Sumana Sanyal, Pedro Carvalho 

Anisa Hajizadeh

Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

The effect of dietary interventions in treating essential hypertension in primary care

Supervisors: Paul Aveyard, Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Rachna Aziz Begh

OLIVER BEAVEN

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Title: TBC

Supervisors: Ketan Patel, Ian Pavord

EMILY HYDE

Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

The Role of Vitamin D in the Development and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Supervisors: Manu Vatish

JASMINE BLANE

Department of Psychiatry

Translating sophisticated remote cognitive assessments for the Oxford Brain Health Centre clinical population

Supervisors: Clare Mackay 

AURELIJA IPPOLITO

Department of Pharmacology

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

The role of 5-HT receptor biased agonism in psychedelic drug action

Supervisors: Trevor Sharp, Grant Churchill 

DANIELE COTTON

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences

Understanding the importance of location within the tumour-bone microenvironment Field: Bone Oncology

Supervisors: Claire Edwards, James Edwards, Srinivasa Rao Rao 

RACHEL JONES

Department of Biochemistry

Projects involving a diverse combination of biophysical and structural techniques, focused on biochemistry of microbes

Supervisors: Benjamin Berks, Richard Berry

KATIE CROFT

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Title: TBC

Supervisors: Claus Nerlov, Paresh Vyas, Ruth Baker

MEREDITH LESTON

Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship

Real-time benefit-risk assessment of vaccine exposure across a nationally representative primary care sentinel network 

Supervisors: Simon de Lusignan, Richard Hobbs, Mark Joy 

CONSTANTINOS DEMETRIOU

Department of Oncology

Investigating the role of inflammation in pancreatic cancer

Supervisors: Shisong Jiang, Eric O'Neill 

SAM MURRAY 

Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine

Title: TBC

Supervisors: Eleanor Barnes, Susanna Dunachie, Paul Klenerman 

ALICE EVANS 

Department of Oncology

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship

Optimising CAR-T efficacy in pancreatic cancer with bioengineered scaffolds and immune agonists

Supervisors: Hua Ye, Eric O'Neill 

BETHAN O'CONNOR

Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

Dopamine transporter regulation of short-term plasticity in dopamine release

Supervisors: Stephanie Cragg

NATASHA FISHER-PEARSON

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences

The Microbiome and Vaccine Response

Supervisors: Jethro Johnson, Mark Coles, Claire Pearson, Paola Cicconi

SAMUEL PONTING

Department of Experimental Psychology

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship

Enhancing health and well-being across the lifespan using bio-informed lighting in the built environment

Supervisors: Hannah Smithson, Manuel Spitschan  

DANNY GOLD 

Department of Biochemistry

Studying the role of Aurora A and Protein Phosphatase 6 in regulation of NDC80 during mitosis

Supervisors: Francis Barr, Bela Novak 

JOEL QUINN

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Investigation of immune checkpoint receptor activation as a strategy for treating retinal inflammation

Supervisors: Kanmin Xue

AYAKA SHINOZAKI

Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

Development of Novel RF Coils for Hyperpolarized MRI

Supervisors: Damian Tyler, James Grist

ESRA SENGUL

Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

Unrevealing the Mystery of Heart Regeneration with Astyanax mexicanus

Supervisors: Mathilda Mommersteeg, Carolyn Carr

GINA WREN 

Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship 

Using Behavioural Insights to Improve Effectiveness of Digital Weight Loss Interventions’

Supervisors: Susan Jebb, Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Jadine Scragg