WellChild Research Projects
Research has always been at the heart of the work WellChild does to help seriously ill children and their families in Great Britain. Successful medical research can help many children, and for years to come. We have an impressive track record for investment over the years but there is so much more to be done - and at WellChild we are determined to contribute all we can.
There are currently seven research projects in the programme and one research fellowship post. The following is a list of all active projects that WellChild is funding:
New Projects 2009/10
Adolescent eating disorders: a longitudinal study of course and preventable risk factors
Dr Nadia Micali, Clinical lecturer, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
£74,000
National surveillance of sexually transmitted infections in children under 13 years of age presenting to secondary care
Dr Richard Reading, Consultant paediatrician and honorary reader in child health, Jenny Lind Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
£46,800
Current Projects
Improving Core Control of Children with Cerebral Palsy using Virtual Reality Games
Dr Gabor Barton, Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Henry Cotton Campus, Liverpool, L3 2ET
£102,917
Sudden unexpected early postnatal collapse
Dr Julie-Clare Becher, Consultant Neonatologist, Dept of Neonatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
£8,900
Screening for asymptomatic Cryptosporidium carriage in susceptible children
Dr Angharad Davies, School of Medicine, University of Wales
£69,581.89
The role of the ER Stress in the development of diabetes in Wolfram syndrome
Professor Tim Barrett, Diabetes Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
£119,263
WellChild Nursing Research Fellowship in Acute Pain
Professor Linda Franck and Nina Power, WellChild Pain Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital £183,500
Capital Projects
Liver Cell Therapy Unit (King's College London)
Professor Anil Dhawan, Kings College London
WellChild Research Centre (Birmingham)
Professor Ian Booth, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Endowed Posts
Professor Neil Dalton
Professor Georgina Vergani
Professor Anne Greenough
Archive Projects
MRI Diagnosis in children with Congenital Heart Disease
Dr Reza Razavi and Dr Gerald Greil, Evelina Children’s Hospital
