Gastroenterology research

The four main areas of research for the Gastroenterology department are hepatology, endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and translational nutritional science.

Hepatology research spans the clinical management of viral hepatitis (particularly type C), epidemiology, hepatocellular cancer therapy, non-invasive staging and prognostic markers of liver disease, and management of portal hypertension.

Endoscopy focuses on improving the safety and quality of colonoscopic practice and of polypectomy, and colorectal neoplasia in cystic fibrosis.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research includes studies on optimising thiopurine therapy (with a focus on the use of allopurinol to improve efficacy and counteract side effects), the clinical utility of measurement of anti-TNF drug levels, and intestinal ultrasound.

The Translational Nutritional Science Group studies diet as a therapy in chronic intestinal disorders, including implementation of new approaches in the community.

Postgraduate students

14 PhD students
1 MD student

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Publications

Improved survival outcomes with surgical resection compared to ablative therapy in early-stage HCC

Abdelmalak, Jonathan; Strasser, Simone Irene; Ngu, Natalie Lee Yee; Dennis, Claude; Sinclair, Marie; Majumdar, Avik; Collins, Kate; Bateman, Katherine; Dev, Anouk Tara; Abasszade, Joshua Haron; Valaydon, Zina S.; Saitta, Daniel; Gazelakis, Kathryn; Byers,

(2023), Cancers, 15(24), 5741

DOI: 10.3390/cancers15245741

Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog? Here's what we know about phytoestrogens for menopausal symptoms

Gurvich, Caroline; Varney, Jane Elizabeth; Kulkarni, Jayashri

(2023),

Can Subcutaneous Infliximab Replace Dose-Intensified Intravenous Administration in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Little, Robert David; Ward, Mark; Sparrow, Miles Patrick

(2023), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(9), 2430-2431

DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.09.015

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