University of Liverpool and LUHFT Launch Dr Ronald Finn Fellowships to Advance Clinical Research

University of Liverpool and LUHFT Launch Dr Ronald Finn Fellowships to Advance Clinical Research

(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) launched the Dr Ronald Finn Fellowships on June 24, 2024. The initiative honors the late Dr. Ronald Finn and introduces five fellows who will undertake significant clinical research projects over the next five years. The event celebrated Dr. Finn’s legacy and highlighted the strong partnership between the University and LUHFT.

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 29-Jun-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Liverpool and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) officially launched the Dr Ronald Finn Fellowships at a special event on June 24, 2024, held at the Liverpool Medical Institution. This initiative honors the legacy of Dr. Ronald Finn (1930-2004), a distinguished consultant physician and alumnus of the University’s School of Medicine, whose groundbreaking work has saved countless lives.

The event marked the introduction of the first cohort of fellows selected for their potential to make significant contributions to clinical research. The fellows will work part-time across various departments within the University’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences over the next five years, undertaking projects aimed at enhancing patient care and achieving significant clinical outcomes.

Dr. Ronald Finn is renowned for his collaborative work with Sir Cyril Clarke in the 1960s, which led to the prevention of rhesus-induced haemolytic disease in newborns. This fellowship program is a tribute to his enduring impact on medical science.

The five inaugural fellows and their research projects are:

• Hassan Burhan, Consultant Respiratory Physician: ‘Dynamic Digital Radiography and Airways Disease’
• Andrew Davison, Consultant Clinical Scientist in Clinical Biochemistry: ‘Assessing the clinical utility of the vaginal tampon as a biospecimen to study the metabolome across the life course of women’
• Yamini Krishna, Consultant Ophthalmic Pathologist: ‘Spatial multi-omics profiling in conjunctival melanoma and its precursor lesions’
• Ned Gilbert-Kawai, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia: ‘Blood pressure management in the critically ill’
• Rishi Mukherjee, Consultant Surgeon: ‘Transforming Acute Pancreatitis Treatment: Developing Mitochondrial Protective Strategies Across the Lifespan’

Professor Tom Walley, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Clinical Research, highlighted the importance of the fellowships, stating, “The creation of these fellowships and the investment required is evidence of the strength of the collaboration with the NHS in general and with LUHFT in particular. It’s great that we can use this to honor one of our most eminent clinical scientists from Liverpool in the past hundred years.”

Professor Terry Jones, Director of Research and Innovation at LUHFT, praised the initiative and its future impact, saying, “The celebration event at the Liverpool Medical Institute, attended by Dr Finn’s family, was hugely enjoyable. Not only were we able to celebrate Dr Finn’s outstanding contribution to medicine, but we also heard impressive talks from the Finn Fellows. Despite enormous financial pressures, LUHFT’s commitment to funding these Fellowships is reassuring and essential for improving healthcare.”

The event also emphasized the strong partnership between the University and LUHFT, with collaborative plans to develop an Academic Health Sciences Campus on the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital site, reinforcing their joint commitment to advancing clinical research and healthcare.

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Jennifer Morgan
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SOURCE: University of Liverpool