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 as 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.

Principle Supervisors	Email	Project Title	Institute
Samuel Lara Reyna, Sinisa Savic	s.savic@leeds.ac.uk; S.J.LaraReyna@Leeds.ac.uk	Metabolic control of inflammation: defining the effects of 2-hydroxyglutarate on macrophage function	LIRMM
Jian Shi	J.Shi1@leeds.ac.uk	Regulation of volume-regulated ion channel in promoting the change of vascular endothelial cell morphology and functions associated with type II diabetes	LICAMM
Hema Viswambharan	H.Viswambharan@leeds.ac.uk	Novel Molecular Pathway in Cell-Specific in Insulin Resistance-mediated Cardiovascular Complications	LICAMM
Dr Amanda Unsworth	a.j.unsworth@leeds.ac.uk	Understanding Vascular Dysregulation and Thrombotic Risk in Multiple Myeloma	LICAMM
Klaus Witte	K.K.Witte@leeds.ac.uk	Relationship between markers of respiratory function and exercise capacity	LICAMM
Salvatore Papa	s.papa@leeds.ac.uk	Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: starving tumors of essential nutrients to promote cell death	LIMR
Stephen Chapman	s.chapman@leeds.ac.uk	Vagus nerve stimulation to improve outcomes after bowel surgery – clinical trial	LIMR
Klaus Witte	K.K.Witte@leeds.ac.uk	Frailty and muscle strength in heart failure and their relationship to symptoms	LICAMM
Dr Stephen Chapman	s.chapman@leeds.ac.uk	Evaluating a novel device to monitor hydration after surgery - clinical trial	LIMR
Dr Fraser Macrae	medfma@leeds.ac.uk	Balancing the charge: how blood ions shape clot formation and thrombosis risk	LICAMM
Ryckie Wade	r.g.wade@leeds.ac.uk	Short vs Long Acting Anaesthesia in Hand Surgery: A Quasi Randomised Trial	LIMR
Ryckie Wade	r.g.wade@leeds.ac.uk	Does Vaping Reduce Blood Flow to the Hand: A Infrared Thermography Study	LIMR
James McLaughlan	J.R.McLaughlan@leeds.ac.uk	Evaluating AI models for thyroid ultrasound segmentation and classification on clinical dataset	School of Electronic and Electrical Eng
Sinisa Savic, Samuel Lara Reyna	s.savic@leeds.ac.uk; S.J.LaraReyna@Leeds.ac.uk	Defining the Immunometabolic Signature of Circulating Metabolites in SAIDs	LIRMM
Christian Bassi	C.Bassi@leeds.ac.uk	Establishing a Cell-Based Assay to Explore SUMOylation in Immune Regulation	FBS
Dr Emily Clarke	E.L.Clarke@leeds.ac.uk	Predicting patient outcomes in cutaneous melanoma using artificial intelligence	LIMR
Angus McMillan	A.T.McMillan@leeds.ac.uk	A cohort study of patients with arthrogryposis undergoing surgical intervention to improve active range of motion of the elbow	LIMR
Helen McPherson	H.McPherson@leeds.ac.uk	The Role of Degraded Fibrinogen in Bleeding Related Trauma	LICAMM
Stephen Halpin	S.J.Halpin@leeds.ac.uk	Auditory neuromodulation in chronic pain	LIRMM
Karen Forbes	K.A.Forbes@leeds.ac.uk	Pre-Pregnancy Bariatric Surgery or GLP-1RA Treatment: Effects on Maternal Metabolism and Placental-Fetal Development	LICAMM
Karen Forbes	K.A.Forbes@leeds.ac.uk	Maternal Extracellular Vesicle Signalling and Fetal Cardiac Development: Linking EV Profiles to MRI Features in Infants at Risk of Congenital Heart Defects	LICAMM
Jon Dorling	J.S.Dorling@leeds.ac.uk	Mechanisms Affecting the Gut of Infants with Cardiac malformations receiving different enteral feed interventions and blood transfusions (MAGIC)	LICAMM
Sikha Saha	S.Saha@leeds.ac.uk	Investigation of Biomarkers for Acute Stroke	LICAMM
Rory O'Connor	R.J.O'Connor@leeds.ac.uk	Delivering Personalised Medicine through Digital Twins	LIRMM