Funded Lift Off Grants: Patient Focussed Research Projects
Lift Off Grants: Patient Focussed are intended to support the first step for a new research question in an area of rare or complex paediatric disease. These grants provide seed funding, allowing initial data collection which will take research into the next stage and strengthen future applications for larger project grants.
| Lead Investigator | Institution | Project Title | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Rory Piper (Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery) | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | A new way to detect seizures in children with epilepsy | £73,980 |
| Prof Juan Pablo Kaski (Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Professor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiovascular Medicine) | Great Ormond Street Hospital & UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science | Understanding the psychosocial impact of cardiac devices on children | £74,999 |
| Dr Emma Shkurka (Physiotherapist) | Great Ormond Street Hospital | Bringing real-time AI decision support to children’s intensive care | £41,081 |
| Dr Kiran Seunarine (Medical Physicist) | Great Ormond Street Hospital | Improving the accessibility of language testing before brain surgery | £74,183 |
| Dr Polly Livermore (Senior Nurse) | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | Creating a resource for children with fatigue to explain their experiences | £70,986 |
| Ms Jessica Russell (Research Associate) | Great Ormond Street Hospital | Supporting young people with breathing machines as they transition to adult services | £67,640 |
| Lead Investigator | Institution | Project Title | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kristian Aquilina (Consultant Neurosurgeon) | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | Using imaging to explore new treatments for premature babies with bleeding in the brain | £68,200.00 |
| Dr Melissa Hill (Senior Social Scientist) | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | How can we screen for genetic conditions and deliver therapies to babies in the womb in an equitable and ethical way? | £73,899.00 |
| Prof Faith Gibson (Prof of Child Health and Cancer Care, Director of Research – Nursing and Allied Health) | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | What helps and hinders children with cancer returning to school? | £77,278.00 |
| Mr Stefano Giuliani (Consultant NHS and Honorary Associate Professor) | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | Testing specialised tumour imaging for more precise cancer surgery | £74,753.00 |
| Prof Paul Gissen (Clinical Prof of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine) | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | Improving monitoring and treatment for young children with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C – a rare genetic condition | £68,738.00 |
| Mr Stephen Tomlin (Director of Children’s Medicines Research & Innovation Centre) | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | Using QR codes on medicine labels to improve access to prescription information | £72,268.00 |