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 | 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 |
| Prof Lee Roberts | l.d.roberts@leeds.ac.uk; H.R.Smith@leeds.ac.uk | Is energy metabolism altered in skeletal muscle from patients with diabetic heart failure? | LICAMM |
| Miaoqing Yang | m.yang3@leeds.ac.uk | What’s the relationship between health behaviours and mental health among adolescents? Longitudinal analyses of 18,000 Millennium Cohort Study participants | LIHS |
| Dr Ramesh Nadarajah | r.nadarajah@leeds.ac.uk: c.p.gale@leeds.ac.uk; mohammad.haris@nhs.net; t.joseph@leeds.ac.uk | Early diagnosis heart failure through machine-learning guided testing: the OPTIMISE-HF feasibility study | LTHT |
| Dr Ramesh Nadarajah | r.nadarajah@leeds.ac.uk: c.p.gale@leeds.ac.uk; mohammad.haris@nhs.net; t.joseph@leeds.ac.uk | Machine learning-guided detection of atrial fibrillation after an acute stroke event: FIND-AFDAS feasibility study | LTHT |
| Cedric Duval | c.duval@leeds.ac.uk; L.Stewart@leeds.ac.uk; P.J.Meakin@leeds.ac.uk | Could Alzheimer’s disease drugs prevent excessive bleeding? | LICAMM |
| Cedric Duval | c.duval@leeds.ac.uk; L.Stewart@leeds.ac.uk; | Investigating the role of BACE1 in thrombosis | LICAMM |
| Adam Martin | a.martin1@leeds.ac.uk; | Who provides informal care? Exploring the distribution of caring responsibilities by socioeconomic status and geography using UK Census microdata | LIHS |
| Professor Niamh Forde | n.forde@leeds.ac.uk ; D.Kpeglo@leeds.ac.uk | Understanding how maternal heat stress impacts pregnancy loss via extracellular vesicle and organ-on-a-chip analysis | LICAMM |
| Professor Niamh Forde | n.forde@leeds.ac.uk; j.c.edge@leeds.ac.uk | Comparing microRNA target expression in different species to understand placental development: implications for pregnancy success | LICAMM |
| Professor Niamh Forde | n.fordeleeds.ac.uk; medhti@leeds.ac.uk | Investigating the functional effect of heat stress on the pre and peri-implantation period of pregnancy (focussing on the maternal side) using in vitro porcine/human models and/or porcine samples. | LICAMM |
| Professor Niamh Forde | n.fordeleeds.ac.uk; s.gardner@leeds.ac.uk | Investigating the impact of environmental heat stress on Maternal and child health | LICAMM |
| Professor Niamh Forde | n.fordeleeds.ac.uk; medzbut@leeds.ac.uk | The role of microRNA in human implantation | LICAMM |
| Charlie Scarff | c.a.scarff@leeds.ac.uk; j.r.t.pitts@leeds.ac.uk | Unravelling the mechanisms of cardiac myosin function in health and disease | LICAMM |
| Prof Lee Roberts | l.d.roberts@leeds.ac.uk; r.s.lopesfenando@leeds.ac.uk | Determining the anti-obesity effects of a brown adipose tissue-derived lipokine | LICAMM |