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Research Grants Programme 2010
Circulation Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship - £20,000
To support research in any area of arterial or venous disease either in basic science or in clinical medicine or surgery is awarded to:
Hemanshu Patel: Division of Surgery & Interventional Science and Centre for Rheumatology & Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL, Royal Free
For his research into Toll-Like receptors: a search for reducing muscle damage caused by poor
circulation to the legs.
The Mary Davies Research Fellowship - £25,000
Funded by Mr George Davies in memory of his mother, to support research activity in either clinical or basic science research in any area of arterial vascular disease is awarded to:
Ankur Thapar: Imperial Vascular Unit, Imperial College London.
For his research into Contrast Ultrasound to predict the chance of strokes.
The Owen Shaw Award - £3,000
This annual award that has been made possible by the kind donations of the late Mr Owen Shaw and is awarded for a study related to the rehabilitation of amputees.
Cleveland Barnett: Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics, Nottingham Trent University.
For his research into Using the Nintendo Wii ™ to improve balance in lower limb amputees.
This project aims to see if using a games console designed to train balance, improves balance and posture in amputees. Also, the project will use motion capture technology to see how balance changes following the use of the games console.