Previous awards

A summary of MRC Impact Acceleration projects

 

MRC IAA Round 1 (2022) 
Dr Kevin MyantDevelopment of a Kras splicing inhibitor for treatment of colorectal cancer
Dr Douglas GibsonRapid non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis using circulating biomarkers
Dr Grant MairClinical development of a tool for estimating onset time of ischaemic stroke from a CT scan
Dr Vanessa Smer BarettoNovel AI-enabled chemical design platform for diseases of unmet need
Professor Elizabeth PattonAccelerating the preclinical development of ROS-generating suicide inhibitors for cancer treatment
Professor David FerenbachStratifying Chronic Kidney Disease patient risk to enable precision medicine approaches
Professor Jonathan Fallowfield    Evaluating extracellular vesicles as antifibrotics for the treatment of liver fibrosis
Dr Yunjie YangDevelopment of perceptive soft surgical robotics

 

MRC IAA Round 2 (2023) 
Professor Tim Aitman  Cell-free DNA as a biomarker of acute aortic syndrome
Professor Andrew BakerEngineering cardiac trophic recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors
Professor Sara BrownHit-to-lead optimisation for a novel eczema target
Professor Francesca Mutapi             Developing and evaluating a prototype lateral flow test for schistosomiasis infection      
Dr Ashita SinghTargeting novel enzyme targets to overcome treatment resistance in glioblastoma multiforme
Professor Jose Vazquez-BolandPeptide-based precision anti-infectives for prophylaxis and treatment of foodborne listeriosis
Dr Qiang WangRapid and precise profiling of tissue biomarker expressions using label-free autofluorescence lifetime images
MRC IAA Round 3 (2024) 
Dr David Baird             Validation of urinary prognostic biomarkers for chronic kidney disease
Dr Milly LoDevelopment of a novel seizure detection tool for acute care
Dr Lucy WhitakerTotal body PET-CT for the diagnosis of endometriosis
MRC IAA Round 4 (2025) 
Professor Andy BakerClinical evaluation of differentiated pluripotent stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles for therapeutic angiogenesis
Dr Dimitrios DoudesisArtificial Intelligence for the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism in the Emergency Department
Professor Nick GilbertMonoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 as a new approach to COVID-19 treatment
Dr Dave HanleyStrain-free shape sensing for robotic endoscopy
Dr Varsha JainDevelopment of a novel uterine actuator for magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) to enhance diagnostic accuracy in women’s health
Professor Keisuke KajiDeveloping a GMP-compatible culture condition for precursors of chemically expanded hepatocytes as a cell-based therapy
Professor Norbert RadacsiAdvanced 3D-bioprinted Grafts for Bypass Surgeries
  

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