Year 4, 2011-12
Surgery and anaesthesia and Reproductive and developmental sciences
Projects
No. Supervisor Project title [links are Word files unless otherwise indicated] Type Suitable for S&A Suitable for R&D
1 Abel Start early: growth and development of fetal cortical bone Lab S&A R&D
2 Abel Jump Around: Primate Hip Morphology Lab S&A R&D
3 Aggarwal Validation of the simulated ward environment Clin S&A R&D
4 Aggarwal Development of a virtual reality training curriculum for laparoscopic hysterectomy Lab S&A R&D
5 Aggarwal Effect of mental practice and physical practice on the adverse impact of fatigue on surgical performance Lab S&A R&D
6 Athanasiou The relationship between leadership skills and research performance of academic clinicians Clin S&A R&D
7 Bantel Influence of Pain Patients’ Number Sense Lab S&A R&D
8 Bello

Analysis of force and trajectory patterns during internal examinations [pdf]

 Lab S&A R&D
9 Bello Assessment of endovascular manipulative skills through hand and instrument tracking [pdf] Lab S&A R&D
10 Christian Switching White to Brown Adipocytes Lab   R&D
11 Cobb A robot removes the need for training when performing knee replacement Lab S&A  
12 Cobb Robots make the best surgeons in the world Lab    
13 Cobb The perfect Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction Lab S&A  
14 Cobb The sporting knee Lab S&A  
15 Cobb Can sensible shoes prevent osteoarthritis Lab S&A  
16 Cobb The perfect gait Lab S&A  
17 Davies A Delphi Consensus for the Management of Deep Venous Disease Clin S&A  
18 Davies A Patient Survey – Post-operative Follow Up Clin S&A  
19 Davies Comprehensive metabolic profiling of veins subjected to stretch Lab S&A  
20 Davies Echocardiography during endothermal ablation of varicose veins Clin S&A  
21 Davies Effect of Neuromuscular Calf Stimulation on Lower limb Venous Hemodynamics Clin S&A  
22 Dickinson Understanding the mechanism of xenon neuroprotection using behavioural and molecular genetics techniques Lab S&A R&D
23 Franks Androgen regulation of junctional proteins during ovarian follicle development Lab S&A R&D
24 Geroulakos Effectiveness of accelerometer use and online coaching in increasing physical activity in patients with intermittent claudication Clin S&A  
25 Geroulakos Inter-observer variability in the C part of the CEAP classification Clin S&A  
26 Geroulakos Quantification of venous blood recirculation in patients with Superficial Venous Insufficiency during calf muscle activity Clin S&A  
27 Guillot Derivation of neural stem cells from human pluripotent-induced amniotic fluid stem cells Lab S&A R&D
28 Guillot Differentiation of human pluripotent-induced amniotic fluid stem cells into oligodendrocytes Lab S&A R&D
29 Hanna To determine how the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath vary with food intake using Selected Ion Flow Tube- Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) Lab S&A R&D
30 Hanna The proximal zone of development in laparascopic skills acquisition Lab S&A  
31 Hanna

Optimum information required for management of trauma victims [pdf]

 Clin S&A  
32 Hanna RF Tissue Fusion for Small Bowel Anastomosis – A Study on Good Tissue Seal Using Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy Lab S&A  
33 Hanna RF Tissue Fusion for Small Bowel Anastomosis – A Study on the Impact of Energy, Temperature, Impedance and Hydration on the Quality of the Tissue Seal Lab S&A  
34 Hanyaloglu Role of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (ubiquilins) in spatio-temporal regulation of hormone-dependent G protein-coupled receptors Lab   R&D
35 Hart The detailed inspection of failed metal-on-metal hips Lab S&A  
36 Hart The effect of the head centre of rotation (3D CT measured) on wear of the head-stem junction of retrieved metal and metal (MOM) hip replacements Lab S&A  
37 Hart The feasibility, acceptability and cost of a clinical surveillance programme for patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements Lab S&A  
38 Kinross Metabolic phenotyping in the surgical management of breast cancer Lab S&A  
39 Kneebone Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) and Distributed Simulation (DS) Clin S&A  
40 Kneebone Distributed Simulation (DS) and London NHS trusts Clin S&A  
41 Kudo Examination of chromosomal abnormalities in oligo/azoospermia by novel molecular markers Lab S&A R&D
42 Kudo How Trophoblast Becomes Polyploid Lab S&A R&D
43 Kudo Maintenance of cell cycle arrest of oocytes by the anaphase-promoting complex Lab S&A R&D
44 Ma Does anaesthetic isoflurane enhance ovarian cancer metastasis Lab   R&D
45 Ma Does Surgery accelerate Alzheimer’s Disease Lab S&A  
46 McGregor Changes in kinematic and kinetic patterns in patients with osteoarthritis at the knee joint undergoing surgical intervention Lab S&A  
47 McGregor The effect of small changes in marker position on model outputs in the calculation of kinematics during gait Lab S&A  
48 McGregor The effect of shoe heel height on the biomechanics of landing from a single leg jump in female musical theatre performers Lab S&A  
49 McGregor Hip movement in femeroacetabular impingement using a motion capture system Lab S&A  
50 Nagy Anandamide-induced desensitisation of TRPV1 Lab S&A R&D
51 Nagy Comparison of ion selectivity of TRPV1 during capsaicin- or anandamide-induced activation Lab S&A R&D
52 Nagy Expression of Piezo2, the molecule implicated in mechanotransduction in primary sensory neurons Lab S&A R&D
53 Palmieri Metastatic Breast Cancer at ICHT: Presentation, Treatment and Outcome Lab S&A  
54 Palmieri Paget’s Disease of the Nipple: Correlation of Immunohistology with Outcome Lab S&A  
55 Papalois Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of Pancreatic Allografts Lab S&A R&D
56 Paraskeva Clinical Anatomy in virtual worlds Clin S&A R&D
57 Paraskeva Evaluation of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Lab S&A R&D
58 Purkasaytha Bariatrics: A systematic review/ Meta-analysis of Obesity Surgery Clin S&A  
59 Purkasaytha Bariatrics A systematic review Meta-analysis of Weight Loss and Regain Clin S&A  
60 Purkasaytha Bariatrics A systematic review meta-analysis of obesity and benign GI conditions Clin S&A  
61 Strutton An investigation of trunk and lower limb muscle activity during downhill treadmill walking in subjects with a history of knee injury/pain Lab S&A R&D
62 Sugden Can mental rehearsal of a procedure reverse the effects of tiredness when you actually perform it Lab S&A R&D
63 Sugden Do Cognitive enhancers reduce the effect of background noise on continuous performance tasks Lab S&A  
64 Sugden The Influence of Cognitive Enhancement on Recollection of Critical Patient Information Lab S&A  
65 Takata Characterisation of the inflammatory response during lung transplantation using a mouse model of ischaemia-reperfusion Lab S&A  
66 Takata The role of cell-derived microvesicles as endogenous mediators of acute lung injury during trauma and sepsis Lab S&A  
67 Tekkis Is there a relationship between acute diverticulitis and cardiometabolic disease Clin S&A R&D
68 Tekkis Outcomes following exenterative surgery for advanced rectal cancer Clin S&A R&D
69 Tekkis Sacral Neuromodulation following low anterior resection and ileal pouch surgery can improve faecal and urinary continence and quality of life Clin S&A  
70 Trapp How the brain controls food intake: The emerging role of GLP-1 neurons Lab S&A  
71 Vincent A longitudinal survey study on surgical complications and patient wellbeing Clin S&A R&D
72 Wilson Mechanisms of alveolar macrophage activation during ventilator-induced lung injury Lab S&A R&D
73 Wilson The impact of TNF receptor signalling on neutrophil trafficking and apoptosis during acute lung injury Lab S&A  
74 Wilson Tissue-specific TNF receptor signalling during acute and chronic inflammation Lab S&A  
75 Costa-Pereira Chemotherapy and DNA damage responses Lab S&A R&D
76 Palmieri Management and outcome of HER2 positive breast cancer in the neoadjuvant setting Clin S&A  
77 Paraskeva Trauma Team Assessment and Training in virtual worlds an international feasibility study Clin S&A  

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