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TO THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND GRANTS RECIPIENTS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND GRANTS RECIPIENTS
OPHTHALMOLOGY MAJOR GRANT
RobertEdwardMaclaren, professor of ophthalmology and honorary consultant. 'Development of a CRISPRtreatment for USH2A-associated retinitis pigmentosa.'
Manjit Singh Mehat, consultant ophthalmologist and National Research Scotland Fellow. 'Profiling the proliferative vitreoretinopathy niche at the single cell transcriptional level to identify potential theraputic targets for adjunctive therapy in retinal detachment surgery.'
RolyMegaw, clinical lecturer and consultant ophthalmologist, 'Determining genetic causes of previously unsolved inherited retinal dystrophies.'
FST·ASMEGRANT
LauraAwad,core training year 2 (CT2) doctor in plastic surgery. 'A pilot study on the application of mixed-reality simulation of hand fracture anatomy and percutaneous fixation in higher surgical training.'
Russelltrustbursary
Mohammad Ashraf, University of Glasgow. Visiting the Department of Neurosurgery,
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Vratko Himic,University of Oxford. Visiting the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, US.
George PaulTeng-HauLiu,Anglia Ruskin University. Visiting Kindai University Nara Hospital, Japan.
Hari McGrath, King's College London. Visiting Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, US.
AziziSheik-Ali,University of Exeter. Visiting Massachusetts General Hospital, US.
HermesManos,University of St Andrews/ University of Dundee. Visiting Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Lindsay Stewart Prize
Faraja M Magwesela, 'Experiences of Women with Breast Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review'
RalphObure, 'Determining the prognostic value of peripheral blood derived inflammatory markers in predicting diseasefree survival in early breast cancer.'
THE FRRHH FELLOWSHIP
AshutoshKumarSingh,'Oral health status in remote and rural Nepal: A systematic review and thematic analysis.'
MuhammadZeeshanAslam,'Surgical training and primary healthcare services in post-conflict Liberia.'
RichardMiti, 'Taking surgery there -rural surgical camps.'
Nigel Rossiter,'Trauma outcomes study after simulation training in Burundi (TOAST B).'
Michael Mwachiro,'Basic and advanced endoscopy for surgeons training (BEST).'
TracernMugodo,'Improving tenotomy skills in medical doctors working at hospitals with clubfoot clinics.'
BarnabasAlayande,'Baselining surgical access in rural north-central Nigeria.'