Current Grants

2008 - 2010   £346,793       MRC Project Grant 17803,

                                                 Principal Investigator (with Smith and Cooper)

  “Novel noninvasive optical methods to characterise cerebral oxygen delivery and  utilisation after traumatic brain injury”

 

2007 – 2008  £140,000       EPSRC/UK Sport Olympic Grant, EP/F006551/1,

Principal Investigator (with Beneke, Cooper, Angus, Hailes, Parry)

“Non-invasive measurement of muscle tissue oxygenation in elite athletes in the field”

 

2006 – 2009   £347,799      EPSRC Life Science Interface Grant  EP/D060982/1

Principal Investigator (with Cooper, Smith)

A multidisciplinary approach to non invasive optical measurements of cellular energetics in the human brain.”

 

2004–2008    £209,172       MRC Component Grant  G0400120,

                                                Principal Investigator (with Johnson, Hebden, Csibra, Arridge)

                                                “Imaging Frontal Cortex Activity in Human Infants Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy”

 

2007-2008                             Hamamatsu Photonics Award,

Principal Investigator

                                                NIRS Oxygenation & Flow Measurement”

 

2007 – 2010                          Hitachi Medical Corporation, Case Studentship

Principal Investigator

Optical topography studies on paediatric cardiothoracic intensive care”

 

2006 – 2008  £119,573       Wellcome Trust Project Grant, WT080274MA,

Co investigator (with Wilkins (Principal Investigator), Cooper)

                                                “Non-invasive assessment of cortical abnormality in migraine using near infrared spectroscopy”

 

2005 – 2010  £423,328       EPSRC Platform Grant EP/C500210/1,

 Co investigator (with Hebden (Principal Investigator), Beard, Delpy, Arridge)

                                                “Development of novel optical and photoacoustic instruments for clinical diagnosis and monitoring”

 

2005 – 2008  £557,267       EPSRC Instrument Development Grant EP/C536118/1

                                                Co investigator (with Beard (Principal Investigator), Delpy)

                                                “Development of a 3D photoacoustic scanner for in vivo high resolution anatomical, physiological and molecular imaging in small animals”

 

Previous Grants (2007 - 2003)

 

 

2005 – 2007  £86,000         Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship     075608

Sponsor to Mr. Martin Tisdall

Non-invasive optical measurement of cerebral oxygenation, perfusion and cellular energy status: an opportunity to identify windows for targeted neuroprotection after brain injury?”

 

2005 – 2007                          Hamamatsu Photonics Award GFX1,

                                                Co investigator  (with Delpy (Principal Investigator))

                                                NIRS Oxygenation & Flow Measurement”

 

2004 – 2006  £70,000        UCLH, Special Trustees Clinical Research and Development Committee,

Co investigator (with Smith)

“Guiding and Assessing Neuroprotection Strategies in Brain Injury: Development of Continuous, Non-invasive, Bedside Monitoring of Cerebral Oxygenation and Haemodynamics”

 

2004 – 2006  £25,000        Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Project Grant,

Co investigator (with Smith)

“Near Infrared Spectroscopy Measurements of Brain Injury in Neuro-Critical Care”

 

2003 – 2006  £251,842       EPSRC Project Grant GR/S08053/01,

                                                Co investigator (with Beard (Principal Investigator), Delpy)

“Non Invasive Spatially Resolved Measurements of Blood Oxygenation Using NIR Photoacoustic Spectroscopy”

 

Previous Grants (2004-1996)

 

2003 – 2004  £50,872          MRC Discipline Hopping Award G0200626,

Co investigator (with Cooper (Principal Investigator) et al)

“Physical Techniques to Study Brain Energetics and Disease”

 

2002 – 2004  £60,000          EPSRC Fast Stream Grant GR/R80230/01,

                                                Principal Investigator (with Delpy)

Characterisation of fluctuations in cerebral haemodynamics and oxygenation”  

 

2001               £10,000          Royal Society Equipment Grant,

Principal Investigator

“Cerebral Vasomotion”

 

2000 – 2005  £503,000         Wellcome Trust Programme Grant,

                                                  Co investigator (with Hebden (PI), Delpy, Arridge)

“Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging of the Brain”

 

1996 – 1999  £115,194        MRC Non Clinical Research Training Fellowship,

                                                 Principal Investigator

“The Assessment of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Modalities for the  Measurement of Cerebral Function”

 

 

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