Focus IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 'Patients have always been at the centre' - research pioneers

Star In Photo Project

A profile series spotlighting the incredible research that takes place at our hospitals has put two of our fellows under the microscope.

Dr Shivani Misra and Dr Justin Roe feature in Humans of Health Research, a special series of interviews and photographs celebrating the powerful impact of medical research.

Back in 2012 your donations enabled us to award Shivani a research fellowship to progress her study into a rare form of diabetes. The fellowship helped her move on to a PhD and she was later named one of London's leading “We must remind ourselves as clinicians that what is 'everyday' for us is not 'everyday' for our patients” health influencers by the London Evening Standard newspaper.

"One of the things I enjoy about research is being able to give a participant information that they didn't have before," she said. "That's extremely powerful for me."

Dr Justin Rowe was awarded a similar fellowship grant in 2018. Your support helped him develop research into the use of liquid antimicrobial surfaces, which reduce the spread of pathogens in hospital and combat antibiotic resistance.

Justin said: "Patients have always been at the centre of my research. I think one of the most important things to remind ourselves as clinicians is that what is 'everyday' for us is not 'everyday' for our patients."

Photos: Dave Guttridge, Imperial College London