Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorder research in Nottingham

Clinical research is very much about collaboration, which means it can often also be very much about lots of organisations, with lots of initials. We try not to burrow too deeply into that particular rabbit hole unless we really have to, but for this episode - we really have to. Rather than people or particular studies, It's about plans for the future of clinical research in Nottingham, which means understanding a little bit of how all the parts fit together.

You'll hear four people - in order, hepatology Professor Guru Aithal, then Professor Penny Gowland who is part of the MR imaging team, then Neil Guha, who's a hepatology professor, and Dr Gordon Moran, who's an associate professor of gastro enterology.

A couple of the team mention some work by a colleague called Luca. That's Professor Luca Marciani, whose study called MAGIC helps treat constipation in children by using isotopic markers to track food moving through their digestive systems.

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• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
• NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
• NIHR Nottingham BRC Gastointestinal and Liver Disorder Theme
• Professor Luca Marciani and the MAGIC study

Professor Aithal started by talking about how funding was focused in specific research areas.