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Dr Gilbert-Kawai wins UCL prize for his PhD
Congratulations are in order for Ned Gilbert-Kawai (CASE Medicine Senior Research Fellow and XE2 Research Leader) who recently won University College London̢۪s Eleanor Davies-Colley Prize, which is named in honour of the first woman to undertake FRCS (1911), for the best PhD presentation.
Five UCL post-graduate PhD students were shortlisted and selected to present their PhD work to a panel of judges chaired by Professor David Lomas (Dean of Faculty of Medical Science and Chair of Medicine).
Ned’s presentation entitled ‘Microcirculatory blood flow in hypoxia: a comparative study between Sherpas and Lowlanders’ initially described CASE Medicine’s unique translational approach to hypoxia research - ‘from mountainside to bedside’. He further went on to describe how the recent Xtreme Everest 2 (XE2) expedition has uncovered significant differences between Sherpa and Lowlander microcirculatory blood flow. Such findings could pave the way to altering doctors’ perception of how to treat hypoxic patients on the Intensive Care Units in hospitals.
Ned said of his award and presentation; “Importantly, whilst I had the pleasure of presenting these exciting results, this was only made possible, and the data only made available, thanks to all of the participants and investigators who made XE2 happen.â€
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| By: Richard Jackson | When: 4th Oct 2014 15:23 | Wel done Ned. You can look under my tonuge anytime. |
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