Projects (482)

Policy Research Unit (PRU): Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2023

Proof of Concept study (POC) to investigate the effect of ambroxol hydrochloride (20mg lozenges) on the cough reflex in patients with acute upper respiratory tract infection Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018

BATCH: Biomarker-guided duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Children Hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection Sep 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2022

PUMA: Paediatric early warning system (PEWS): Utilisation and Mortality Avoidance. A prospective, mixed methods, before and after study identifying the evidence base for the core components of an effective PEWS and the development of an implementation package for implementation and use in the UK Oct 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2018
In 2011 a research study compared the child health outcomes and death rate in the UK with other European countries. It was worrying that UK measures of child health were amongst the worst in Europe. It is not clear why that is and further work needs... Read More about PUMA: Paediatric early warning system (PEWS): Utilisation and Mortality Avoidance. A prospective, mixed methods, before and after study identifying the evidence base for the core components of an effective PEWS and the development of an implementation package for implementation and use in the UK.

APPEAL: Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation Programme Nov 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2022
Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation (APPEAL) brings together a programme of research to prevent poor health linked to pregnancy and childbirth-related urinary incontinence. The aim of APPEALis to increase the number of wom... Read More about APPEAL: Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation Programme.

Care Under Pressure: a realist review of interventions to tackle doctors’ mental ill-health and its impacts on the clinical workforce and patient care. Nov 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2019

BRAVO: High grade bladder cancer: a randomised controlled trial of radical cystectomy against intra-vesical immunotherapy – a feasibility study Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018
Bladder cancer is a common disease with worse outcomes in Yorkshire than in the rest of the UK. We want to conduct a randomized trial to evaluate the best treatment for aggressive bladder cancer when found at an early stage. This could be complete b... Read More about BRAVO: High grade bladder cancer: a randomised controlled trial of radical cystectomy against intra-vesical immunotherapy – a feasibility study.

LAVA: Thermal ablation versus surgery for patients with colorectal liver metastases Oct 1, 2017 - May 31, 2023

TUSSIX: MTI-110 - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Serlopitant for the treatment of refractory chronic cough Dec 1, 2017 - Nov 30, 2018

Bridging grant for Research PhD student Nov 1, 2017 - Apr 18, 2018
The fund is to support the stipend and some of the fees incurred to bridge the funding for the PhD student.

An educational resource about palliative care needs of men with prostate cancer: supporting the patient living with prostate cancer Dec 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2019

About Face Nov 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 2019
The purpose of this project is to explore people’s experiences of dental reconstruction, an aspect of dental research which has, to date, received very little attention.

We are interested to understand how dental reconstruction (using contemporar... Read More about About Face.

An attentional bias approach to understanding and reducing the psychosocial burden of psoriasis Jan 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2022
People with psoriasis are not only affected by the physical impact, but also by the psychosocial burden of the disease. Patients are often trapped in a mutually reinforcing cycle of social rejection, avoidance coping and social isolation, which is as... Read More about An attentional bias approach to understanding and reducing the psychosocial burden of psoriasis.

NIFTy: Near Infrared Fluorescence imaging to prevent post-surgical hypoparathyroidism after thyriod surgery - a phase II/III pragmatic, multi-centre rct Oct 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2024
Parathyroid glands are tiny glands in the neck behind the thyroid gland that control the level of calcium in the blood. More than 12,000 patients undergo thyroid surgery every year in England alone (HES dataset). A common complication of thyroid surg... Read More about NIFTy: Near Infrared Fluorescence imaging to prevent post-surgical hypoparathyroidism after thyriod surgery - a phase II/III pragmatic, multi-centre rct.

Pregnant women’s engagement with specialist perinatal mental health services. Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
This funding will facilitate high quality Public Involvement work to help us with the design and recruitment of a project aimed at exploring the reasons for different levels of women’s engagement and to explore how different levels of engagement affe... Read More about Pregnant women’s engagement with specialist perinatal mental health services..

Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT Dec 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2020
The Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit (SPOWTT) project seeks to improve both the safety and productivity of offshore wind technician transit. It seeks to do this by developing a launch decision support tool that will improve... Read More about Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT.

Industry Fellow at Queensland University of Technology (Travelling Fellowship) Jan 20, 2018 - Feb 3, 2018
Competitive award of travelling felllowship to Queensland University of Technology, Australia, in partnership with Prof Ann Bonner.

PRU Quality, Safety and Outcomes of Health and Social Care Jan 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2024
Having a high quality, safe NHS and care system is more important than ever. The Government is committed to ensuring that the health and care system puts patient safety and quality at the heart of everything it does. Research can help to work out the... Read More about PRU Quality, Safety and Outcomes of Health and Social Care.

Understanding and improving the quality of primary care for prisoners: a mixed-methods study Aug 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2022
Compared to community populations, prisoners have significantly poorer health, with higher levels of long-term illness and disability, and mortality. Prisoners need and are entitled to appropriate health care, especially primary care for long-term c... Read More about Understanding and improving the quality of primary care for prisoners: a mixed-methods study.

HHIPP: Hull Hip fracture Intervention and Prevention Programme Nov 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2021