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University of Oxford
Principal investigator:
Dr Osian Llwyd
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This project can help to improve research and care in stroke prevention so that healthcare professionals and health services can better treat and support people to prevent them from having a stroke.
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University of East Anglia
Principal investigator:
Helen Morse
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Closed
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Spatial neglect is caused when damage to the brain after stroke means that it no longer received information about one side of the body and/or world. Stroke survivors with spatial neglect might not be aware of anything happening on one side of their body. This research will investigate a computer based version of a new treatment for spatial neglect after stroke.
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University of Manchester
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Dr Adrian Parry-Jones
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This research will find out if a new package of emergency treatments for stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, called the ‘ABC bundle’ can be used in hospitals across the UK.
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University of Edinburgh
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Dr William Whiteley
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Closed
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This funding can help to support passionate and talented researchers to become leaders of the future.
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University of Manchester
Principal investigator:
Dr Paul Kasher
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Closed
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This research will investigate 2000 drugs that are already known to be safe for use in humans to see if they could help reduce the amount of damage to the brain which an intracerebral haemorrhage (a type of stroke caused by a bleed in the brain) causes.
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University of Exeter
Principal investigator:
Dr Chris Clark
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Closed
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This project will use data that has been collected through previous research studies to investigate the relationship between blood pressure measured in the arm and leg, and the risk of stroke.
Research institution:
University of Warwick
Principal investigator:
Professor Bruno Frenguelli
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Active
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The existing emergency medications that are used for stroke patients don’t always work, and not all stroke patients can receive them. This research is testing a new medication that could improve emergency treatment for stroke.
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MAGIC aims to discover innovative approaches to post-stroke care based on Information Communications Technology (ICT) solutions.
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Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust
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Jennifer Crow
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Closed
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Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowships are for healthcare professionals in England to develop an application for a doctoral level (e.g. PhD) training Fellowship, and to develop the skills they need to be a competitive applicant for this type of funding. This award has been made to Jennifer Crow.
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University College Dublin
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Prof Peter Kelly
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This study is investigating whether colchicine, a medication used to treat gout, could help to stop people who have previously had a stroke or TIA from having further strokes.