Medicine MRes Research Projects

What’s available at Leeds?

Medical research plays an enormous role in improving patient care and outcomes. Through our course, you’ll develop your specialist skills and knowledge while also gaining the experience to feel equipped for a career in the field.

At Leeds, our MRes Medicine is an exciting and challenging course designed for those who want to advance their research skills and be immersed in a research project. 

Your nine-month project will help you to develop specialised knowledge, as well as design and undertake a substantial piece of publishable research. While studying with us, you’ll be based in one of our internationally-renowned institutes and be supervised by leading experts in their field. To help you specialise based on your interests, you can choose from a range of research opportunities from applied health, cancer and pathology, cardiovascular, genes and development, medical education and musculoskeletal topics. What’s more, it can be possible for our students to self-design a project if there is a University of Leeds researcher that they are particularly keen to collaborate with while at Leeds.

Here’s a view of the projects currently available at Leeds. Please note that this page will continue to be updated while more projects become available. We also accept self-designed projects. You will need the approval of a University of Leeds academic to be your supervisor. Contact us at MResMed@leeds.ac.uk for more information.

Supervisor Email Title Institute
Mr Stephen Chapman   s.chapman@leeds.ac.uk Improving outcomes after surgery using vagus nerve stimulation LIMR
Dr. Julia Sandrin Gauer
Prof. Robert Ariens
J.SandrinGauer@leeds.ac.uk Does platelet receptor GPVI play a role in platelet-neutrophil interaction in hyperglycaemia?  LICAMM
Frederique Ponchel  F.Ponchel@leeds.ac.uk  Lymphocyte subset analysis in Rheumatoid arthritis patients: biomarker discovery project LIRMM
Suparna Mitra   s.mitra@leeds.ac.uk Metagenomic evaluation of the genes contributing to antibiotic resistance in human colonizing bacteria in healthy human   LIMR
Reem El-Gendy  R.El-Gendy@leeds.ac.uk Modelling the effect of hyperglycaemia and intermittent fasting on Bone Marrow Mesenchymal stem cells   School of Dentistry
Nicholas West, Alice Westwood n.p.west@leeds.ac.uk  Predicting the response to chemotherapy in advanced colon cancer: the role of lymph nodes and the tumour invasive front  LIMR
Ala Altaie   a.m.j.altaie@leeds.ac.uk  The effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines on immunophenotype and differentiation capacity on Normal Human Spinal Entheseal Bone and Soft Tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cells LIRMM
Salvatore Papa  s.papa@leeds.ac.uk The regulation of metabolism on drug response in cancer LIMR
Rebecca Birch      r.j.birch@leeds.ac.uk The relationship between frailty and/or comorbidity and the treatment and outcomes from colorectal cancer. LIMR
Suparna Mitra s.mitra@leeds.ac.uk Using shotgun metagenomic profiling to gain functional insights about the prebiotic effects of omega-3 fatty acids  LIMR
Ryckie Wade r.g.wade@leeds.ac.uk Fatiguability of Dynamometric Grip and Pinch Strength in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome LIMR
Ryckie Wade r.g.wade@leeds.ac.uk Change in Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults Undergoing Cubital Tunnel Decompression LIMR
Ryckie Wade r.g.wade@leeds.ac.uk Change in Diffusion MRI Parameters Following Surgery for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome LIMR
Scott Bowen t.s.bowen@leeds.ac.uk Epigenetics as a novel mechanism underlying skeletal muscle pathology in heart failure FBS
Amanda Unsworth a.j.unsworth@leeds.ac.uk Targeting megakaryocytes to prevent thromboinflammation LICAMM
David Beech, Anna McGrane d.j.beech@leeds.ac.uk Laboratory studies of diseased human heart - mechanical homeostasis genes and function LICAMM
Robert Ariens, Helen Philippou r.a.s.ariens@leeds.ac.uk Heart failure and diabetes – antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy (self-designed) LICAMM
Dr Alexander Garvin a.garvin@leeds.ac.uk Investigating Novel Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma. FBS
Prof Lee Roberts l.d.roberts@leeds.ac.uk Investigating the role of iron-induced cell death in skeletal muscle dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes LICAMM
Dr. Christian Bassi C.Bassi@leeds.ac.uk Generation of Tagged RPE1 Cell Lines for Distinguishing SUMO2 and SUMO3 FBS
Amanda MacCannell a.maccannell@leeds.ac.uk Unveiling the Metabolic Tango: Exploring the Intricate Interplay of Lipid Droplets and Mitochondria in Diabetes Mellitus LICAMM
Hannah Campbell h.campbell1@leeds.ac.uk The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training and Isometric Handgrip Training on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Peri/Menopausal Women FBS
Hannah Campbell h.campbell1@leeds.ac.uk Inspiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Disease: A Scoping Review FBS
Prof Sinisa Savic, Dr Leon Chang s.savic@leeds.ac.uk; l.chang@leeds.ac.uk Genetic investigations of immune-mediated inflammatory disease using long read sequencing LIRMM
Prof Sinisa Savic, Dr Samuel Lara Reyna s.savic@leeds.ac.uk; S.J.LaraReyna@Leeds.ac.uk CRISPR-Cas9 gene knockout models to study autoinflammatory conditions LIRMM
Prof Sinisa Savic, Dr Tom Young s.savic@leeds.ac.uk; t.young@leeds.ac.uk Characterisation of a dual IDH2 SRSF2 mutation LIRMM