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Applications for Research Fellowships focusing on type 1 diabetes will be shared with the JDRF for consideration for joint funding
Email: ukresearchfoundation@novonordisk.com
2019
A qualitative study exploring the
barriers and facilitators to healthy lifestyle choices in women with a
history of gestational diabetes (GD)
2018
Exploring the effect of very low calorie diet with
and without adjuvant exercise training on vascular function and
metabolic health in overweight individuals
2016
Syntaxin and phosphorylation as an insulin - regulatory node of
GLUT 4 sorting in human muscle
2014
Risk factors, morbidity and mortality of recurrent
unscheduled attendances in type 1 diabetes
2013
Is there a shared heritability for the type 2
diabetes and depression association
2013
Preventing recurrent gestational diabetes mellitus
with early metformin intervention
2012
Role of a novel recombinant adiponectic (fAd) in improving
pancreatic islet β-cell function
2011
The role of microRNA 146b in modulating
inflammation in human adipose tissue (joint fellowship with the
MRC)
2011
Use of microneedle technology to deliver peptide immunotherapy
for type 1 diabetes.
2011
Limits of reversibility of type 2 diabetes: effect of disease
duration on pancreatic composition & function
2010
Exploring the glucose lowering potential of the sunshine
vitamin - a 12 month RCT pharmacological and maintenance dose Vitamin
D replacement in insulin resistant British south Asians.
2009
Pancreatic and extra-pancreatic effects of
glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in humans in health
and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
2007
Optimising the tolerogenic potential of the dermal route of
administration the development of a 'diabetes vaccine'.
2006
Are Adipocyte-derived adipokines, markers of vitamin D
deficiency and oxidative stress interrelated and do such measures
contribute to arterial sclerosis in South Asians independently of
traditional risk markers?
2005
Small fibre function assessed using the ‘LDI flare’ technique
in people with a hereditary risk of Type 2 diabetes, IGT, and Type 1
& Type 2 diabetes.
Thesis - Here
2004
The mechanisms underlying non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) in obesity.
2003
Endothelium-dependent vascular behaviour in
pregnancies complicated by diabetes.
Thesis - Here
August 2022
33 research fellows have been appointed to date.
Valuable education through training courses and individual support are
provided to the research fellow, in addition to their funding.
Publication has resulted from the various fellowships.