THE BRITISH THYROID FOUNDATION

RESEARCH AWARDS

2009  

Dr Shiao Chan, University of Birmingham
The role of MCT8 in transplacental thyroid hormone transport and placental development using the knock-out mice model [Initial Summary]
£10000

2008   1. Dr Tim Cheetham, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
A randomised study of two anti-thyroid drug treatment regimens in young people with thyrotoxicosis [Initial Summary]
£10000

2. Dr Chris McCabe, University of Birmingham.
The role of PBF - a novel binding partner of P53 - in differentiated thyroid cancer [Interim Report]
£10000

2007  

1. Dr Ramzi Ajjan, University of Leeds
Thyroid dysfunction and thrombosis potential [Interim report]

£10000

2. Dr John Howard Duncan Bassett, Imperial College, London.
Role of MCT8 in skeletal development and maintenance of adult bone mass
£10000

2006   Dr Salman Razvi, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Thirty-year follow-up study of the Whickham cohort (pilot study). [Interim report]
£10000
2005   Dr Kristien Boelaert, University of Birmingham
Prediction of mortality in overt and subclinical hyperthyroidism

£10000
2004   Drs Duncan Bassett and Dr Graham Williams, the Molecular Endocrinology Group at Hammersmith Hospital, London
Thyrostimulin and TSH are novel skeletal paracrine factors that regulate bone turnover

£10000
2003   No award made.
2002  Professor M Kilby, Birmingham Women's Hospital
A Study of the Relationship between Maternal Thyroid Status in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcome

£10000
2001   Dr S Pearce, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Expression Profiling in Grave’s Disease Lymphocytes
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£10000
2000   Dr C McCabe, University of Birmingham
Pituitary Tumor Transforming Gene (PTTG), PTTG Binding Factor (PBF) and Related Growth Factor Expression in Thyroid Cancer

£10000
1999   Dr S Frankton, Imperial College School of Medicine
Tissue Specific and Developmentally Regulated Human TRb 1 5’ UTR Splice Variants

£5000
1998 Dr R C L Page, Nottingham City Hospital
Mortality after the Treatment of Hyperthyroidism

£5000
1997   Dr P Watson, The University of Sheffield
The Role of Sodium Iodide Symporter in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

£5000

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