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How did we do?
Taking research further
During 2022/23, we invested £403,000 in research projects across a wide range
of King's specialisms and services, helping to drive improvements that can
make a huge difference to patient care and treatment.
Optimising recovery
for patients with acute
kidney injury (AKI)
£20k
Intensive Care Consultant Professor
Sameer Patel is researching the effects
of three different anticoagulants on patients with
liver disease who require continuous renal
replacement therapy for AKI. Our grant will help
determine which drug performs the best, thus
avoiding bleeding complications and ensuring faster
recovery for patients.
Improving the quality
of liver cells for
transplantation
£85k
We are funding Dr Ragai Mitry, Head
of Liver Cell Production and Research,
to improve the quality of the hepatocytes used in
groundbreaking treatment for very sick and dying
children with liver disease. The outcomes of the
research could be used to produce high-quality clinicalgrade hepatocytes to enhance cell functions, speed
up recovery and potentially avoid the need for liver
transplantation.
Improving diagnosis and
treatment of sickle cell
disease
£12k
A simple blood sample offers
a vast amount of information that is
useful for diagnostics, patient monitoring and research.
The Rhapsody system is a technological platform mainly
used to read and evaluate white blood cells but human
geneticist Dr Stephan Menzel believes it can also be
applied to red blood cells. With our funding, he and his
team will use Rhapsody technology to tackle problems
in sickle cell disease and haematological stem cell
transplantation, as well as various causes of anaemia.
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Using patient
questionnaires to drive
improvements
£29k
Claire Palmer, Head of Patient
Outcomes, is using our grant to make
sure patient voices are heard. Her project focuses on
patient questionnaires, which provide vital feedback
on issues that matter the most to patients. She aims
to establish best practice by developing the ideal
format for questionnaires, promoting their use, and
developing systems to ensure standardised data is
collected and collated electronically so that results
can be compared across patient groups, specialties
and organisations.
Developing better family
support after brain injury
£24k
This project, championed by Nurse
Consultant John Ling, aims to improve
the experience of patients with acquired
brain injury (ABI) by offering family-sensitive care from
the critical care unit to the community. Our funding will
help set up enhanced family assessment and support,
as well as therapy clinics and group support, ensuring
families receive the help when they need it.
Reducing the need for invasive
tests and procedures
£39k
Elevated pressure inside the brain is
associated with serious neurological
conditions that can lead to blindness, brain injury
and death. Diagnosis requires invasive tests that
carry serious risks. A simple imaging test could spare
patients from having to undergo such procedures but
the images require expert interpretation. Our grant
will help Professor of Retinal Research and Consultant
Vitreoretinal Surgeon Timothy Jackson fund a full-time
research data scientist with expertise in AI to develop a
machine-learning system for this purpose.
