Crohn's and Colitis UK provides Information Standard accredited information sheets on a range of topics - most of which have been covered in this blog. Take a look at previous blog posts to see if we've answered one of your questions.
The charity is also there to provide support for people living with IBD and their friends and family. Find out more here...
Crohn's and Colitis UK sometimes commissions research or reviews into particular aspects of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, both into research and service development issues. The latest report is an updated review of the role of Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis in Crohn’s Disease. You can read the reports by following this link. If you wish to quote from the reports please provide people with a reference to the full reports here on the main charity website.
List of Research Awards
Research Awards since 2011 are listed in reverse date order (latest year first) sorted by the size of the grant. The total for each year is shown at the end of that year's listings; awards from 2000 to 2011 are also available.
Medical Research Awards for 2012
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Dr Jeremy Sanderson - Guy's and St Thomas' Trust Foundation Hospital
Optimising the Response to Thiopurine Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Search for Biomarkers Predicting Thiopurine Hypermethylation
£59,961 (1 year)
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Pro Jonathan Rhodes - Department of Gastroenterology, University of Liverpool
Comparison of Combination Antibiotic and Hydroxychloroquine Therapy (Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Hydroxychloroquine) with Standard Therapy (Budesonide) in the Treatment of Active Crohn's Disease
£50,993 (2 years)
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Dr Julian Knight - Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Functional Genomic Profiling of Intestinal Stromal Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Susceptibility
£45,070 (1 year)
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Dr Elaine Nimmo - Gastrointestinal Unit IGMM, University of Edinburgh
Investigating the Importance of NOD2 and TIP60 in the Pathogenesis of Ileal Crohn's Disease
£32,000 (1 year)
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Medical Research Awards for 2012 total: £188,024
Crohn's and Colitis UK Research Fund
More than 100 projects have been funded by Crohn's and Colitis UK members since the Research Fund was started in 1984. The research has been mainly into the causes and treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but in recent years several Social and Psychological projects have been funded. The funds for research have come almost entirely from Crohn's and Colitis UK members own fund-raising and donations, but support from Charitable Trusts and Companies is growing. Our aim is to increase the funds we make available to £500,000 per year by the end of 2007.
If you would like to make a donation to the Research Fund, please click here; if you would like to discuss fundraising for the Crohn's and Colitis UK research Fund, please email Geraldine Tunnicliffe.
Crohn's and Colitis UK's policy has been to fund projects at hospitals and universities throughout the United Kingdom, not just at one centre. Awards are made using peer-review and the projects funded have covered a wide variety of possible causes, including genetics, viruses and bacteria, the immune system and the environment. No single line of research seems to offer a complete understanding of the disease and Crohn's and Colitis UK aims to help research progress in all areas. Crohn's and Colitis UK has been awarded a Certificate of Best Practice in peer-review of research applications by the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).
Summary of Research Awards 1984 to 2006
Crohn's and Colitis UK has produced a summary of Crohn's and Colitis UK research from 2001 to 2006 which can bedownloaded in PDF format. An earlier review covering Crohn's and Colitis UK research from 1984 to 2001 can also be downloaded in PDF format
