Past Funding
| Research Fellow | Research Project | Research Performed at: |
| 2006-2009 Dr Jenny Epstein | Acetylation: A critical factor in maintaining Intestinal inflammation | St. Bartholomews & the Royal London Hospital |
| 2004-2006 Dr Sanjay Lala | Acetylation: Show that NoD 2 gene is expressed in Paneth cells | Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 2001-2004 Dr Ronald Bremner | The role of Smad7 in inflammatory bowel disease | University of Southampton |
| 2000-2003 Dr Andrew Sawzcenko | Epidemiology of growth failure in childhood Crohn’s Disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 2000-2001 Dr Kay Dryhurst | Growth failure in childhood Crohn’s Disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1997-1999 Dr Robert Heuschkel | Enteral Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease in chidren | Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 1996-1998 Dr Anthony Akobeng | The role of glutamine in paediatric Crohn’s disease | Booth Hall Children Hospital, Manchester |
| 1995-1997 Dr John Fell | Mucosal healing and reduction in inflammation in response to a polymeric diet in paediatric Crohn’s Disease | St.Bartholomew’s/Royal Free Hospitals, London |
| 1994-1996 Dr Adubaker Elbadri | Study in glutamine supplemented elemental diet | Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 1993-1995 Dr Mark Beattie | The role of enteral nutrition in the treatment of Crohn’s disease in childhood | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1991-1993 Dr Egware Odeka | Use of an enriched fat (hiolien) in fat utilization studies in patients with Crohn’s Disease | Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester |
| 1990-1993 Dr Stuart Nicholls | Cyclosporin in childhood Crohn’s disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1989-1990 Dr Fauzi Sagher | Carbohydrate absorption and oxidation in children with Crohn’s disease | Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester |
| 1988-1989 Dr Adrian Thomas | Use of stable isotopes to studamino-acid in uptake in Crohn’s disease | Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester |
| 1988-1990 Dr Mark Evans | Tissue damage and repair in human colon | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1985-1986 Dr Lisa Lipson | Growth disturbance in children with Crohn’s disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1983-1985 Dr Ian Sanderson | The role of an elemental diet in the management of children with Crohn’s disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1981-1983 Dr Sonny Chong | Clinical and pathological studies in childhood Crohn’s Disease and Immunomodulatory effects of the properties of panax ginseng | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1979-1980 Dr John Douglas | Define more accurately the precise diagnostic criteria for Crohn’s Disease in children | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| Student | Research Project | Based at: |
| 2007-2010 Peter Morrison | L-23 and Th17 cells in Helicobacter induced intestinal Inflammation | York University |
| 2006-2009 Nichola Gellately | Mucosal dentritic cell function | St. Bartholomew’s & The Royal London |
| 2003-2006 Ida Riciardelli | Exploration of how current therapeutic strategies can influence the destiny and function of regulatory lymphocytes | Institute of Child Health, London |
| 2000-2003 Marcus Bachler | The possible role of the OX40 as a new treatment for Crohn’s disease | Southampton Hospital |
| 2000-2003 Cassie Davies | Quality of Life study | Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester |
| 1999-2003 Lindsey Edwards | Intestinal responses to bacterial components as risk factors for IBD | Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 1995-1997 Natalie Goncalves | Development, mechanisms and therapies of the immune gut injury in the IL-2 KO model | Paediatric Gastroenterology Laboratory, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1994-1996 Lisa Higgins | Co-stimulatory molecules involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1992-1994 Stuart MacDonald | Investigating the mechanisms of intestinal injury in genetically – modified mice lacking the Interleukin-2 | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1992-1995 Sylvia Pender (nee Cheng) | Extra cellular matrix protein degradation during intestinal damage | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1989-1991 Anna Bellhouse | A Study on Gamma-delta T cells | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1989-1991 Jacqueline Taylor | Activated T-cells and their effect on gut inflammation | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1986-1988 Louise Forsyth | Mechanisms of T-cell mediated damage in human small intestinee | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1986-1989 Teresa Monk | Mechanisms of T-cell mediated damage in human small intestine | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| 1985-1988 Jo Viney | The phenotype and function of intraepithelial lymphocytes | St. Bartholomew’s Research Centre, London |
| Project Owner | Project Description | Based at: |
| 2008-2009 Dr Gamal Mahdi | A pilot, feasibility study using Synbiotics on children with IBD | University of Aberdeen |
| 2007-2009 Dr Andrew Barclay | Measuring the activity and diversity of the gut flora using Stable Isotope Probing | University of Glasgow |
| 2000-2005 Dr David Casson | Setting up the National Register of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool |
| 2000-2002 Dr Keith Lindley | Activation of epithelial and endothelial Toll-Like receptors in idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease | Institute of Child Health, London |
| 2000-2001 Dr M J Carter | A study of the genetics of Ulcerative Colitis | University of Sheffield |
| 2000-2000 Dr Jo Spencer | Repertoire and origin of mucosal IgG in Ulcerative Colitis | Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London |
| 1999-2001 Professor Gordon W Stamp | The role of trefoil peptides in Crohn’s disease | Hammersmith Hospital, London |
| 1999-1999 Dr Anne Ballinger | Inhibition of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) mediates growth failure in IDB: single or multiple cytokine effect? | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1997-1997 Dr Huw Jenkins | An in vitro study of the effects of cytokines on osteoblast differentiation and function | University Hospital, Cardiff |
| 1997-1997 Dr Farida Fortune | In vivo diagnosis and in vitro analysis of Crohn’s disease in children | Guys & St. Thomas’s Hospital, London |
| 1996-1996 Dr Jo Spencer | A study of the contribution of natural antibodies and affinity matured antibodies to the humoral immune system in childhood IBD | Guys and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London |
| 1995-1996 Dr Chris Probert | Identification and isolation of pathogenic T-cell clones in Crohn’s disease | University of Bristol |
| 1995-1995 Dr John Gibson | A clinical and molecular biological study in aetiology of oral Crohn’s disease and its relationship to gut Crohn’s disease in childhood | University of Glasgow Dental School |
| 1995-1997 Dr Pignatelli | Regulation of E-cadherin/catenin expression and functions in Crohn’s disease; a possible mechanism in mucosal regeneration | Hammersmith Hospital, London |
| 1995-1996 Dr D R Mathew | Genetic linkage studies in Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis | Guys Hospital, London |
| 1995-1996 Dr Vivien Rolfe | The effects of Metronidazole on neutrophil trafficking and pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease in human intestinal biopsies in vitro | Gt. Ormond St. Hospital, London |
| 1995-1995 Dr D R Mathew | Genetic linkage studies in Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis | Guys Hospital, London |
| 1995-1995 Dr John Mayberry | A young people’s clinic for patients with IBD | Leicester General Hospital |
| Project Owner | Project Description | Based at: |
| 1993-1993 Dr John Mayberry | Valid quality of life measure in young people | Leicester General Hospital |
| 1995-1995 Dr Robert Allen | The role of antigen-specific induced secretion of cytokines in the immunopathology of IBD | Birmingham General Hospital |
| 1992-1993 Dr Gordon W Stamp | Molecular mechanisms of natural intestinal ulcer healing in Crohn’s disease | Hammersmith Hospital, London |
| 1992-1994 Professor Anne Ferguson | Juvenile-onset inflammatory bowel disease: audit of delivery and efficacy of hospital-based health care | Western General Hospital, London |
| 1991-1993 Professor John Lennard-Jones | Genetic aspects of Crohn’s disease | St. Mark’s Hospital, London |
| 1995-1995 Dr Jo Spencer | Molecular studies of the T cell receptor | Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London |
| 1990-1991 Dr Peter J Milla | Body composition during treatment for Crohn’s disease | Gt. Ormond Street Hospital, London |
| 1989-1991 Professor John Rhodes | Anti- tuberculosis chemotherapy trial in Crohn’s disease | University of Wales |
| 1989-1990 Dr Philip Quirke | Has mycobacterium paratuberculosis a role in Crohn’s disease? | Leeds General Hospital |
| 1989-1990 Dr Roy Pounder | Is Crohn’s disease caused by a chronic persistent viral infection? Vascular injury in Crohn’s disease | Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 1989-1990 Dr John Mayberry | An epidemiological study of IBD amongst Jewish people in Great Britain and Ireland and the identification of aetiological factors | Nottingham Hospital |
| 1989-1989 Dr P Pease | The nature and distribution of antigens common to bacteria and the lymphocytes from patients with IBD | Birmingham General Hospital |
| 1989-1989 Dr C Ainley | A dietary cause of Crohn’s Disease? | St. Thomas’ Hospital, London |
| 1988-1989 Professor R Wright | Gene probing in Crohn’s disease | Southampton Hospital |
| 1988-1997 Professor Anne Ferguson | Epidemiology, clinical assessment, morbidity and mortality of Scottish children with inflammatory bowel disease | Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
| 1988-1989 Dr G Bottazzo | The regulation of aberrant Class 11 molecule expression in Crohn’s disease and its possible role in the pathogenesis of this condition | Middlesex Hospital |
| 1987-1989 Dr Robert Allen | The nature and distribution of antigens common to bacteria and the lymphocytes from patients with IBD | Birmingham General Hospital |
| 1987-1987 Prof. J Polek | A study of Peptides | Hammersmith Hospital, London |
| 1986-1987 Dr Robert Dourmashkin | Mycrobacterial studies | Middlesex Hospital |
| 1985-1987 Professor Anne Ferguson | Study of Chronic Inflammatory Bowel disease in Scottish children (Prevalence, clinical features, nutritional effects) | Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
| 1984-1984 Part salary for Auxologist | To study the growth of children with Crohn’s disease | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London |
| 1983-2011 Paediatric Gastroenterology Laboratory | Salaries, Equipment and day to day running costs | St. Bartholomew’s Hospital & Royal London Hospital, London |
| 1981-1983 Dr Alan Phillips | Salary of David Lewis, Assistant Electron Microscopist | Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London |



