Small research grants

To support the alignment of research with operational requirement and support the delivery of research priorities we support 12-24 month small research projects.

This page lists the projects we are currently supporting across our 4 research areas:

Transfusion

Title: Role of red cell microparticles in alloantibody response to RhD
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Cardigan
Title: Anti-A and B (Isoagglutinin) high titre incidence and removal
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Cardigan
Title: Health-Economic Evaluation of providing blood and associated testing to multi and difficult to transfuse patients
Principal Investigator: Sara Trompeter

Pathology

Organs and tissues

Title: Rapid Assessment of Liver Fat in the Donor Hospital
Principal Investigator: Ian Currie
Title: Normothermic Regional Perfusion in the donor: can we recover suboptimal donor kidneys for transplantation and increase organ utilisation?
Principal Investigator: Sadr Shaheed
Title: Investigation of the impact of circulatory inflammation on the extracellular matrix of the heart, liver & kidney from the same donor
Principal Investigator: Maria Kaisar

Cell, apheresis and gene therapies