Grants
A list of grants awarded to staff working in the Mellanby Centre.
Government (UK, Europe) and Research Councils
National Institute of Health (US)
Title: Predicting Fast Bone Mineral Density Decline and Fracture Across the Menopause Transition.
Grant holder: Professor Richard Eastell
Co-applicant: Dr Albert Shieh (UCLA)
Date: 6.5.2020-30.4.2025
$327,420 (91̽»¨ contribution)
NIHR (RfPB)
Title: Developing normative values for vertebral morphology in children: A feasibility study
Grant holder: Dr Amaka Offiah
Co-applicants: Nicola Crabtree N (Birmingham) and Jonathan Taylor (91̽»¨ Teaching Hospitals).
Date: 1 April 2020-30 Sept 2021
£57,054
EU Horizon 2020
Title: Innovative Training Network: Diabetes and Bone
Grant Holder: Professor Richard Eastell
Date: 2 Jan 2020
£256,000
NIHR Rare Disease Translational Research Collaboration
Title: Establishing clinical phenotype and diagnostic crieria in adult-onset hypophosphatasia
Grant Holder: Eastell, R
Date: 2019
£54,292
Charlie Veale Research Award
Title: High bone mass Osteogenesis Imperfecta Study. Dec 2017
Grant Holder: Balasubramanian M (PI)
Date: 2017-2018
£14,995
National Centre for replacement, refinement and reduction of animal use in research
Title: In silico approaches for preclinical assessment of bone changes in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis studies
Grant Holders: Dall’Ara E (PI), Bellantuono I, Viceconti M
Dates: 2017-2020
£353,000
Arthritis UK, Medical Technologies Proof of Concept Award
Title: Development and Evaluation of a Functional Prototype for the Automated Identification of Osteoporotic Vertibral Fractures: VERDICT
Grant Holder: Professor Alejandro Frangi (PI)
Dates: 2017-2019
£100,000
BBSRC
Title: Targeting mechanisms of ageing to maintain musculoskeletal health
Grant Holders: Enrico Dall’Ara, Bellantuono (PI)
Dates: Oct 2017 to Sept 2019
£261,000
UKRI Innovate UK as Guarantee Funding for successful EU project
Title: METASTRA: Computer-aided effective fracture risk stratification of patients with vertebral metastases for personalised treatment through robust computational models validated in clinical settings
Grant Holder: Dall’Ara E (UoS PI, WP leader), Lacroix D, et al. [Coordinator UniBo]:
Date: 2023-2028
EU HorizonEurope; ~€6M [~£773k to 91̽»¨]
FNRS and FWO (Belgium, EOS excellence of Science scheme)
Title: Understanding joint health: biomechanical and mechanobiological characterization of the bone-cartilage interface (UNITE)
Grant Holder: van Lenthe H, Ruffoni D, Dall’Ara E, Stok K;
Dates: 2022-2027
~€2000k [€94.5k to 91̽»¨]
AO Spine Knowledge Forum Associate Research Award
Title: Effect of the IVD conditions on the risk of vertebral fracture in metastatic patients
Grant Holders: Palanca M, Dall’Ara E, Cristofolini L
Dates: 2022-2023
€24°ì
EPSRC
Title: An X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography Facility with in-situ/in operando testing
Grant Holders:Inksson B (PI), Pinna C, Dall'Ara E, Fairclough JPA, Moebus G, Hounslow MJ, Cumming D, Reeves-McLaren N
Dates: 2020-2024
£1412°ì
Horizon2020
Title: Centre for New Methods in Computational Diagnostics and Personalised Therapy (SANO)
Grant Holders:Narracott AJ (PI), Fenner JW, Gunn JP, Clayton RH, Mazza C, Reilly G, Lawford PV, Wild JM, Hose DR, Marzo A, Villa-Uriol MC, Li X, Guo L, Dall'Ara E, Bhattacharya P, Walker DC, Watton P
Dates: 2019-2026
€2897°ì
Charity
Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS)
Title: ​Are advanced glycation end products (AGEs) biomarkers of long- term low bone remodelling?
Grant Holder: Vilace T
Dates: ​February 2022 – 31 January 2023
£23,372.00
CIMA
Title: microRNA and fracture in the OPUS Study
Grant Holder: Eastell R
Date: 7 June 2019
£58,102
Arthritis Research UK
Title: Development and Evaluation of a Functional Prototype for the Automated Identification of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: VERDICT
Grant Holders: Professor Alenjandro Frangi, Dr Jose M Pozo Soler, Dr Margaret Paggiosi, Professor Richard Eastell, Dr Nicola Peel, Dr Richard Jacques
This is a collaborative, translational research project between the following:
- Centre for Computational Imaging & Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine (CISTIB)
- The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of 91̽»¨
- The Metabolic Bone Centre, Musculoskeletal Directorate, 91̽»¨ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustThe Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of 91̽»¨
Dates: 1 April 2017-31 March 2019
£98,735.09
Wellcome Trust
Title: Development of selective Adrenomedullin-2 receptor antagonists for treatment of pancreatic cancer
Grant Holders: Tim Skerry (PI), Gareth Richards
Dates: To continue from current grant from August 2017, end dates currently being negotiated
£2 million
Industry
Alexion Ltd
Title: Clinical consequences of adult-presenting hypophosphatasia with special focus on gait, bone microarchitecture and cognition: the PORTRAIT Study
Grant holder (50%): Professor Richard Eastell
Awarded: 07.01.20
Awarded: £269,000
Roche Diagnostics
Title: Clinical utility of PINP: the POSE Study
Grant holder: Professor Richard Eastell
Awarded: 22 Nov 2019
Award: £99,000
Genzyme
Title: Commitment from Genzyme for high throughput RNA sequencing and TGF-B antibody work-up in cultured fibroblasts from patients with Osteogenesis Impertecta to identify novel pathways for diagnosis and intervention.
Grant holder: M Balasubramanian,Y Sabbagh
Award: $88,000
Alexion Ltd
Title: Phase 1 development of a dynamic Radiological Electronic Atlas of Malformation Syndromes (dREAMS) – essentially a knowledge base and ontology for diagnosing skeletal dysplasias in collaboration with Certus Tech Ltd
Grant holder: Dr Amaka Offiah
Awarded 1 Sept 2017 – 28 Feb 2019
Award: £87,440