Sickness to Prevention

Project 813 | Determining Healthy Activity Behaviours for transient Ischaemic aTtack and minor Stroke patients: mapping a physical activity intervention in coastal communities

Project dates: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 813 Research Team Dr James Faulkner Professor Adam Geraghty Lead Institution Funded amount 2,000 Funding round PPIE Every year 150,000 people in the UK have a stroke. A stroke can make it hard to move, speak, or think clearly.

August 25, 2026

Project 811 | South Asian voices in Mental Health and Addiction- A Community Research Engagement Event

Project dates: 01/06/2026 - 31/05/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 811 Research Team Dr Stacey Jennings Hannah Lewis Lead Institution Funded amount £4,705 Funding round PPIE This proposal describes a community engagement event led by QMUL, in collaboration with local primary care and mental health practitioners, as well as…

August 25, 2026

Project 809 | Strong Voices: Bangladeshi Women Improving Diabetes Prevention in Primary Care

Project dates: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 809 Research Team Dr Shoba Poduval Lead Institution Funded amount 2,000 Funding round PPIE Women who have had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. National guidance recommends regular blood tests after pregnancy, but many Bangladeshi women…

August 20, 2026

Project 807 | Hearing the voices of underserved patient populations with Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Project dates: 15/04/2026 - 15/04/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 807 Research Team Dr Francesca Satchwell Lead Institution Funded amount £1,880 Funding round PPIE This project aims to establish a diverse patient and public involvement (PPI) group for Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) within the Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology (CEBD) at the…

August 20, 2026

Project 585 | Modifying the NicUse app for pandemic proof smoking-related outcome measurement

Project dates: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024 Phase: FR3 Project 585 Research Team Professor Tim Coleman Lead Institution Funded amount £52,256 Funding round FR3 Background Reducing smoking in pregnancy is a public health priority. The NHS offers effective interpersonal behavioural counselling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to pregnant women; this…

August 14, 2026

Project 619 | Diagnosis of Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Juvenile Arthritis and Coeliac Disease in Primary Care: a qualitative study with families and GPs

Project dates: 01/10/2022 - 31/10/2025 Phase: FR5 Project 619 Research Team Dr Christian E. Farrier Lead Institution Funded amount £13,350 Funding round FR5 Autoimmune conditions are a type of long-term illness that involve the body’s defence or immune system mistakenly attacking the body’s healthy tissues, which can cause…

August 14, 2026

Project 722 | Multiple methods study of universal school-based food provision for secondary school children in Tower Hamlets

Project dates: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026 Phase: PPIE Project 722 Research Team Dr Meredith Hawking Lead Institution Funded amount £246,796 Funding round PPIE Why do we need this research? Being able to eat a healthy lunch is important for children’s mental and physical health. In the UK, free school…

August 14, 2026

Project 803 | CLEAR: Co-developing Language for Equity And Respect

Project dates: 04/05/2026 - 04/05/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 803 Research Team Kate Henaghan-Sykes Dr Hannah Bowers Lead Institution Funded amount 5,000 Funding round PPIE Socioeconomic status (SES) describes things like how much money someone has, what kind of job they do, the housing or area they live…

August 14, 2026

Project 798 | Working With Informal Caregivers and Older Adults to Improve Oral Care at Home

Project dates: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027 Phase: PPIE Project 798 Research Team Umasha Ukwatte Lead Institution Funding Round PPIE Funded amount £1,792.50 In the UK, more than 1.8 million people aged over 65 are struggling with an urgent dental problem such as a dental infection or dental pain. Older…

August 13, 2026

Project 776 | Addressing long term cardiovascular risks after adverse pregnancy outcomes

Project dates: 03/11/2025 - 30/04/2026 Phase: PPIE Project 776 Research Team Dr Brook Hodges Lead Institution Funded amount £1,990 Funding round PPIE What is the problem? Some women have health problems during pregnancy. These include high bloodpressure (hypertension, pre-eclampsia), diabetes that starts in pregnancy (gestational diabetes), giving birth too…

June 30, 2026