Project Grants:

Insulin resistance in the polycystic ovary; implications for fertility and long-term health. Professor Stephen Franks and Dr Katharine Hardy, Imperial College London £97,360 over 2 years

Early pregnancy metabolic and inflammatory changes and their relationship to successful pregnancy. Dr Dilys Freeman, Dr Scott Nelson, Professor Naveed Sattar, Dr Helen Lyall and Dr Rob Nibbs, University of Glasgow £100,183 over 2 years

A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle training combined with vaginal pessary for women with pelvic organ prolapse (PEPPY). Dr Suzanne Hagen, Ms Lesley Sinclair, Dr Cathryn Glazener, Ms Diane Stark and Dr Stewart Pringle, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Aberdeen and Southern General Hospital Glasgow £61,184 over 2 years

Severe peripartum haemorrhage: an investigation of the use of specific therapies and subsequent maternal and fetal outcomes. Dr Marian Knight, Dr Jennifer Kurinczuk, Professor Zarko Alifirevic and Professor Peter Brocklehurst, University of Oxford and University of Liverpool £36,410 over 2 years

Development of an antibody-resistant adenovirus for virotherapy of ovarian cancer. Dr Joanne Morrison, Professor Leonard Seymour, Professor Sean Kehoe, Dr Simon Briggs and Dr Kerry Fisher, University of Oxford £123,513 over 3 years

The patho-physiology of myometrial contractility in obese women. Dr Siobhan Quenby and Professor Susan Wray, University of Liverpool £122,587 over 30 months [National Birthday Trust Fund]

Plasminogen activator inhibitor I, polycystic ovaries and recurrent miscarriage. Dr Rajendra Rai, Professor Lesley Regan, Professor Gudrun Moore and Dr Neil Sebire, Imperial College London, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital £94,944 over 2 years

Does melatonin enhance hypothermic neuroprotection following perinatal asphyxia? Dr Nicola Robertson, Dr Gennadij Raivich and Mr Ernest Cady University College London £124,964 over 2 years

Research Training Fellowships

The Gardner Research Training Fellowship - A study to investigate the response of the muscle cells of the womb to the hormones controlling labour. Dr Claire Higgins, University of Glasgow, £76,025 over 24 months

Entry-Level Research Scholarships

Relationship between HIV/AIDS and cervical dysplasia and the role of HAART in the management of cervical dysplasia. Dr Innocent Orora Maranga, University of Manchester £20,000

The epidemiology of pregnancy-related stroke in the UK. Mrs Catherine Scott, University of Oxford £17,648

Student Elective Bursaries
Wellbeing of Women and the National Birthday Trust funded twenty Elective Bursaries in 2007:

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