Joint BSPGHAN/Crohn’s and Colitis UK Start-up Research Grants

Joint Research Award Crohn's and Colitis and Coeliac UK

In 2016, BSPGHAN and Crohn’s and Colitis UK joined forces to co-fund four start-up research grants, each for £10,000, with an overall aim of encouraging research in Crohn’s and colitis in children and young people. The aim was to support preliminary research that will contribute significantly to a subsequent larger research grant proposal. There were no restrictions on the scope of applications which could be stand-alone projects or linked to one or more existing studies. All Members and Associate Members of BSPGHAN were eligible to apply.

The following four projects were supported:

Investigating the use of CD8+ T-cell DNA methylation profiles as disease prognostic biomarkers in paediatrics with IBD; Claire Lee, Cambridge
Early measurement of faecal calprotectin as a predictor of primary non-response to treatment on paediatric Crohn's disease: a pilot study; Astor Rodrigues, Oxford
Mechanisms of pain in paediatric IBD; Nick Croft, Barts/London
Exploring the inter-kingdom relationships of gut microbiota in Crohn's disease; Kostas Gerasimidis, Glasgow

For further information on these projects, please visit https://crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/news/new-grants-awarded-for-paediatric-research
For more information on research supported by Crohn’s and Colitis UK, please visit https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/research

Stephen Allen                                               Helen Terry
Chair                                                            Director of Policy, Public Affairs & Research, Crohn's and Colitis UK
BSPGHAN/NIHR-Children Joint

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