One Year Research Fellowships 

Ahmad Ali, Joint Brain Research UK/RCS England Research Fellowship with support from the Rosetrees Trust and the Vandervell Trust: 
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for cognitive rehabilitation in brain tumour patients based at Walton Centre For Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Aleksandra Bartnik, Sorab (Soli) Jamshed Lam Research Fellowship:  
Novel methods in prognostication post pulmonary endarterectomy – cardiac magnetic resonance for the assessment of right ventricular recovery and radiological evaluation of surgical clearance based at Papworth Hospital.

Robert Geraghty, Freemasons' Grand Lodge Research Fellowship with support from the Shears Foundation:
Can machine learning models based on multi-omics data predict operative and non-operative outcomes of kidney stone disease? based at Freeman Hospital.

Tom Grundy, Freemasons' Grand Lodge Research Fellowship with support from the Rosetrees Trust and Vandervell Trust:
Concussion and Neuroinflammation in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Translational Approach from Preclinical Model to Imaging of Elite Rugby Players based at the University of Manchester.

Aaron Kler, Saven Research and Development Programme Research Fellowship:
Assessing the metabolomic changes to neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer based at Countess of Chester Hospital.

Oliver McCallion, George Drexler Foundation Research Fellowship:
Evaluating the impact of regulatory T cell therapy in living donor kidney transplant recipients by single cell RNA sequencing based at the University of Oxford.

Gerlin Naidoo, Ratanji Dalal Research Fellowship:
Assessment of the implementation and impact of a Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) training programme on Paediatric Surgical Outcomes in resource limited settings based at The University of Oxford.

Alexander O'Connor, Freemasons' Royal Arch Research Fellowship with support from the Rosetrees Trust:
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Functional Lumen Imaging Probe, Anal Acoustic Reflectometry and Conventional Anorectal Manometry in the Assessment and Management of Anorectal Dysfunction based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

James Olivier, Haddock Legacy Research Fellowship with support from the Rosetrees Trust:
Improving the evaluation of surgical innovation: development of a framework for identifying, classifying and reporting modifications to innovative surgical procedures based at The University of Bristol.

Bhavik Patel, The Marx Family Trust Research Fellowship:
The Role of Extracellular Vesicle MicroRNAs in the Development of Metastatic Disease in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma based at The University of Surrey.

Jessica Roberts, Blond McIndoe Research Foundation Research Fellowship:
Immunobioengineering biomaterials for bone regeneration and reconstruction based at The University of Glasgow.

Mona Saad, Freemasons' Grand Lodge Research Fellowship:
Investigating the role of circulating mitochondrial DNA in disease progression to high-risk melanoma, and its clinical utility as a non-invasive novel biomarker to screen for disease progression, response to treatment, and recurrence based at The University of East Anglia.

Hatem Sadik, The Barbers’ Company Dame Clare Marx Fellowship with support from the Harold Bridges Bequest:
Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion of the liver prior to normothermic machine perfusion to attenuate ischaemia-reperfusion injury in a ‘back-to-base’ donation after circulatory death porcine model based at University of Oxford.

Joseph Santiapillai, Saven Research and Development Programme Research Fellowship:
INVestigation Of Immune Priming Interventions in Kidney CancEr (INVOKE) based at University College London.

Stephanie Smith, RCS England Honorary Research fellowship:
Investigating the use of the Prostate Urine Risk biomarker in predicting clinical outcomes for men with prostate cancer based at The University of East Anglia.

Harry Spiers, Sir Roy and Lady Calne Research Fellowship:
Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and therapeutics in kidney transplant ischaemia-reperfusion injury based at The University of Cambridge.

Joel Ward, Freemasons' Royal Arch Research Fellowship with support from the Rosetrees Trust:
Understanding the role of pitch in multi-speaker environments based at The University of Oxford.

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Joint fellowships awarded 

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Ben Tyas, Joint National Joint Registry, Orthopaedic Research UK and The Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Fellowship:     
Clinical outcomes in revision knee arthroplasty for aseptic loosening.                           

Pump Priming Grants awarded 

Barney Stevenson, Sir Roy and Lady Calne Pump Priming Grant:
Pre-Clinical Enzymatic ABO blood group conversion of human livers from Group A to Universal Group O for increasing organ utilisation at University of Cambridge.

Rahul Shah, Saven Research and Development Pump Priming Grant:
Multimodal assessment of acute nociceptive and chronic neuropathic pain physiomarkers using invasive recordings during spinal cord stimulation at St George’s, University of London.

Hasan Mohammad, RCS England Pump Priming Grant funded by the Roberta Swan Legacy:
An evaluation of the clinical efficacy and risk profile of routine spinal operations performed in the National Health Service at Queen Mary University of London.

Keaton Ian Jones, RCS England Pump Priming Grant funded by the Marx Family Trust:
Identifying macrophage metabolic checkpoints in pancreatic cancer at Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Thomas Jovic, Blond McIndoe Research Foundation Pump Priming Grant:
Development of hyaluronic acid bioinks for 3D bioprinting soft tissue for reconstructive surgery at Swansea University.

Bhamini Vadhwana, RCS England Pump Priming Grant funded by Freemasons' Globe Lodge No. 23:
Role of the microbial-immune axis in oesophageal squamous cell cancer metastases at Imperial College London.

Ruth Parks, Royal College of Surgeons of England Pump Priming Grant:
Personalising treatment in older women with primary breast cancer at The University of Nottingham.

Adrian Kendal, RCS England Pump Priming Grant funded by Freemasons' Globe Lodge No. 23:
Temporal and geographic variation in mortality following major lower limb amputation for diabetic foot infection; England population study (2000-2022) at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust.

Peter Szatmary, RCS England Pump Priming Grant funded by the Marx Family Trust:
PEri-pancreatectomy Blood Sugar Control after Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer (PEBLS) at Department of Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

One Year Research Fellowships 

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Mushfique Alam:
Patient derived organoids as a predictive model of response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric adenocarcinoma at University of Liverpool.

Nicole Assemota:
Markers of 'Transplantability' in Ex-SiTu Perfused Hearts – ‘The TEST Study' at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation.

Ali Bakhsh:
Elucidating seizure mechanisms in meningioma through spatial transcriptomics at Walton Centre For Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Michael Bath:
Modularity and Complexity in Global Trauma System Development at University of Cambridge.

Kim Borsky:
Psychometric sensitivity analyses for clinical trials at University of Oxford.

Tarak Chouari:
Investigating the role of the Bile and Tumour Microbiome in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma at University of Surrey.

Omar El-Taji:
Predicting Cardiovascular Risk: Image Biomarker Analysis in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer treated with Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies Combined with Androgen Deprivation at Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Sarah Epton:
Optimising Oesophagogastric Cancer Surgery Care: Identifying the Essential Structural Characteristics Necessary to Achieve High-Quality Patient Outcomes at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Ben Gompels:
Hypoxic Conditioning of Chondocytes to Enhance Cartilage Repair at University of Cambridge.

Shivani Joshi:
Development of a sexual function patient reported outcome measure (Sex-PROM) at St Mark's hospital and Academic Institute.

Kayani Kayani:
Functional and stable induced Tregs in liver transplantation: an in vivo and ex vivo study and analysis of their use in liver transplantation at University of Birmingham.

Claudia Koh:
Developing novel cell-based therapies for Hirschsprung’s disease at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Chang Woo Lee:
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Laryngeal Dystonia at The Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital.

Alexandra Macmillan:
Refining cartilage cell therapy by understanding stromal, chondrocyte and monocyte interactions at University of Cambridge.

Matthew McKenna:
“Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hCNT1)/SLC28A1 and Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hENT1)/SLC29A1 in human colon cancer, the clinical and therapeutic considerations” at Cardiff University.

Olivia O'Malley:
Evaluating the health and economic outcomes related to the increasing use of reverse shoulder arthroplasty at Imperial College London.

Nikhil Patel:
Investigation of immune pathways and microbiome disruption as drivers of mutagenesis in oesophagogastric cancer at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research.

Branavan Rudran:
Improving the outcomes for younger patients undergoing knee replacements at NDORMS, University of Oxford.

Abigail Shaw:
Improving the outcomes of hand infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at NDORMS, University of Oxford.

Eleanor Smith:
Targeted novel treatments and delineating the pathophysiological mechanisms of traumatic coagulopathy at Queen Mary University of London.

Adam Tam:
Surgeon-Patient psychophysiological interdependence: the impact of surgeon cognitive burden on this balance and its effects on patient outcomes at Royal Cornwall Hospital.

Benedict Turner:
The role of anti-inflammatory treatments in the prevention of post-thrombotic fibrosis at Imperial College London.