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YHFS Academic Foundation Programmes

West Yorkshire (WY) Academic Posts

18 Academic Research Programmes.
3 Academic Research Placements in General Practice
Enrolment on the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research

The full academic rotations for YHFS are available at the bottom of the page (filter by West).

How to Apply

For details of how to apply, please see our Recruitment and Retention section. If you have any queries, please contact foundation.yh@hee.nhs.uk

Within West Yorkshire there are 21 Academic Foundation Training Programmes. These incorporate a standard F1 training programme and an F2 training programme which includes a 4-month academic research attachment at the University of Leeds and enrolment onto the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research.

18 of the Academic Foundation Research Placements are offered in research areas linked to a broad range of clinical specialties
3 of the Academic Foundation Placements are in Primary Care

Projects and Supervisors

West Yorkshire Academic Foundation placements are available with the following supervisors in the research areas indicated below. Please indicate three projects you would be interested in undertaking in order of preference by emailing Jo Bentley (J.Bentley@leeds.ac.uk) who will then put you in touch with the appropriate academic. If there is not a project offered in a particular specialty you are interested in pursuing research in contact Jo Bentley (J.Bentley@leeds.ac.uk) to discuss and we will advise you.

Academic Foundation Projects and Supervisors – West Yorkshire (for 4-month F2 projects in Aug 21-Jul 22)

	Supervisor	Clinical Specialty	Project description
1	Prof Else Guthrie	Psychiatry	Characterising the clinical activity of liaison psychiatry services
2	Prof Else Guthrie	Psychiatry	Repeated self-harm: reasons for which people repeatedly self-harm; use of social media by people who self-harm; developing new interventions
3	Prof Else Guthrie	Psychiatry	Validating a clinical tool for measuring outcome in liaison psychiatry
4	Prof Else Guthrie	Psychiatry	Depression and physical illness-prevalence and course in surgical patients
5	Prof Mike Bennett Dr Matt Mulvey	Palliative Medicine	Quantifying cancer pain: investigating the association between self-reported pain and altered pain processing (neurophysiological mechanisms) in patients with cancer pain using Quantitative Sensory Testing [Training in QST and patient data collection]
6	Prof Mike Bennett Dr Matthew Allsop	Palliative Medicine	Variations in palliative care duration before death for specific cancer and non-cancer diseases, and associated patient or service characteristics [Training in stats for analysis of big data sets]
7	Prof Mike Bennett Dr Maggie Fu	Palliative Medicine	Developing palliative care self-management support tools for patients with advanced COPD [Training in intervention development and patient evaluation]
8	Prof Mike Bennett Dr Gemma Clarke	Palliative Medicine	Understanding access to palliative care by ethnic minority groups in UK: analysis of qualitative or healthcare record data [Training in ethnicity research and data analytics]
9	Dr Ann Henry	Clinical Oncology	Delivering radiotherapy in patients with Cancer and Dementia: Understanding patient pathways and outcomes
10	Dr Adel Samson Dr Steve Griffin	Medical Oncology	Virus-mediated immunotherapy for liver tumours.
11	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Evaluating new systems for digital pathology
12	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Are you sure it’s cancer? Cognition, error and image quality in diagnostic pathology
13	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Artificial intelligence and digital pathology for the diagnosis of cancer
14	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Patient related outcome measures in children's hand surgery. Several options for projects here to link with national and international outcomes assessments in congenital hand surgery
15	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Functional Rotational limb range in adolescence with and without nerve injury
16	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Patient related outcome measures after hand trauma. Is there a gender difference in evaluation
17	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Evaluation of nerve repair after injury - imaging\ clinical \neurophysiology
18	Prof Hemant Pandit	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty – clinical and cost-effectiveness
19	Prof Hemant Pandit Prof Simon Howell	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery – perioperative medicine	Perioperative Risk Stratification and Modification in Patients Undergoing Elective Joint Arthroplasty – impact of ethnicity
20	Dr Anthony Howard	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	How we manage polytrauma - evaluation of the physiological and psychological pathways
21	Dr Anthony Howard	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Consent and trauma surgery a prospective study.
22	Dr Anthony Howard	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Study into medical error in surgery both in the UK and Internationally
23	Dr Anthony Howard	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Management of Trauma Surgery in South America - A Dephi Study
24	Dr Anthony Howard	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Pilot Studies for an RCT in common orthopaedic conditions
25	Prof Dermot Burke	General Surgery	Improving outcomes of emergency general surgery
26	Prof Dermot Burke	General Surgery	Identification of patients at risk of aspiration pneumonia after abdominal surgery
27	Prof Dermot Burke	General Surgery	Improving outcomes for patients with intestinal failure.
28	Mr Chris Derham Mr Ryan Mathew	Neurosurgery	Biomechanical stability of the cervical spine. Pathological processes implicated in degenerative cervical disc disease.
29	Mr Ryan Mathew Matthew Smith	Neurosurgery	Is immersive technologies in the neurorehabilitation of neurosurgical patients feasible and does it increase engagement with therapy.
30	Mr Ryan Mathew	Neurosurgery	Evaluating immersive technology for patient consultation and MDT working
31	Prof Julian Scott Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud	Vascular Surgery	Multi-morbidity and mortality in vascular surgery. Task: Refine existing datasets with co-morbidity data. Analyse outcomes in relation to no. of morbidity cut offs and identify trends.
32	Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud Dr Russell Frood Prof Julian Scott	Vascular Surgery	Unveiling hidden data in CT scans in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm to predict disease progression using radiomics”
33	Prof Julian Scott Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud	Vascular Surgery	Mortality following intervention turndown in AAA disease. Task: Use M&M and the virtual clinic notes to identify AAA intervention turndown cohort and compare outcomes to the intervened cohort of patients
34	Prof Julian Scott Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud	Vascular Surgery	Outcomes associated with peripheral compartment syndrome. Task: Identify cohort of patient who have undergone fasciotomies at the Leeds Vascular Institute and identify morbidity outcomes.

35	Prof Julian Scott Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud	Vascular Surgery	Management and outcomes of upper limb DVTs in a tertiary vascular centre. Task: Identify cases of upper limb DVTs from an existing dataset and collect/refine patient outcome data.
36	Prof Julian Scott Dr Marc Bailey Mr Mohammed Waduud	Vascular Surgery	Cost effectiveness of the Leeds Vascular Institute ultrasound graft surveillance programme. Task: To audit the last 12 months of graft surveillance in Leeds (and subsequent intervention) and determine the cost effectiveness of the programme.
37	Prof Simon Howell Richard Wakefield Ai Lyn Tan	Anaesthesia/Intensive Care	Assessment of frailty and sarcopenia in surgical patients using ultrasound imaging of muscle
38	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Pain management in patients undergoing major body cavity surgery: do opiate sparing strategies improve quality of recovery?
39	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Targeting exercise prehabilitation strategies in older surgical patients. Is effective training feasible in a limited time window?
40	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Health informatics Assessing co-morbidity in surgical patients using routine hospital data
41	Dr Ramzi Ajjan	Endocrinology	Double diabetes and mental health: an overlooked part of patient care
42	Dr Ramzi Ajjan	Endocrinology	Mortality reduction following severe hypoglycaemia: the role of structured intervention
43	Dr Ramzi Ajjan	Endocrinology	Double diabetes and risk of cardiovascular complications
44	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Dr Jim Robinson	Rheumatology	Assessing signalling events in the Fc gamma receptor FcgRIIa: an important therapeutic target
45	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Dr Jim Robinson	Rheumatology	Optimising therapeutic monoclonal antibody design for autoimmunity and cancer
46	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Dr Jim Robinson	Rheumatology	Unravelling how autoantibodies potentiate rheumatoid arthritis through studying Fcg Receptor biology
47	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Sarah Mackie Dr Aruna Chakrabarty	Rheumatology	Can blindness and ischaemic symptoms in giant cell arteritis be predicted by histological features?
48	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Sarah Mackie Dr Aruna Chakrabarty	Rheumatology	Does macrophage polarization in giant cell arteritis tissue biopsies predict response to treatment?
49	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Sarah Mackie	Rheumatology	Can response to steroids be predicted at disease onset in in giant cell arteritis? Can we identify patients who require additional immunosuppressant therapy/biologics at presentation?
50	Dr Sarah Mackie	Rheumatology	Defining relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica.
51	Dr Sarah Mackie	Rheumatology	Improving clinical decisions in management of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica
52	Dr Sarah Mackie	Rheumatology	Image analysis of patient-completed mannequin diagrams to expedite socially- distanced evaluation of polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis and their mimics.
53	Prof Ann Morgen Prof Andrew Scarsbrook Dr Harry Tsoumpas	Rheumatology	Enhancing imaging analysis and reporting in large vessel vasculitis through novel analytical techniques.
54	Prof Philip Conaghan Dr Sarah Kingsbury	Rheumatology	E-rehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal pain' with the same supervisory team.
55	Prof Philip Conaghan Dr Sarah Kingsbury	Rheumatology	The impact, burden and care of musculoskeletal conditions in the NHS workforce
56	Prof Anne-Maree Keenan Prof Anthony Redmond	Rheumatology/Diabetes	Foot Stress Fractures in Peri-menopausal Women: incidence and impact
57	Prof Andy Scarsbrook	Radiology	Prediction of patient outcome in cervical squamous cell carcinoma following chemoradiotherapy - comparative effectiveness of MRI and FDG imaging
58	Dr Peter Swoboda	Cardiology (Cardiac MRI)	Mechanisms and significance of cardiac fibrosis detected by MRI in endurance athletes
59	Dr Peter Swoboda	Cardiology (Cardiac MRI)	Cardiac MRI assessment of fibrosis in patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes
60	Dr Klaus Witte, Dr Richard Cubbon, Prof Mark Kearney	Cardiology	Defining the contribution of skeletal muscle dysfunction to symptoms of heart failure
61	Dr Richard Cubbon, Dr Stephen Wheatcroft, Prof Mark Kearney	Cardiology	Defining how diabetes and obesity accelerate the development of vascular disease

62	Dr Andrew Walker, Dr Richard Cubbon, Prof Mark Kearney	Cardiology	Understanding factors that promote healthy cardiovascular ageing
63	Dr Erica Dall’Armellina, Prof Jurgen Schneider, Prof Sven Plein	Cardiology	Understanding myocardial fibres and their deformation: a CMR study
64	Dr Eylem Levelt, Dr Richard Cubbon, Dr Klaus Witte	Cardiology	How does diabetes influence heart failure re-hospitalisation?
65	Dr Eylem Levelt, Prof Eleanor Scott, Prof Sven Plein	Cardiology	Multiparametric MRI phenotyping study in gestational diabetes
66	Dr Malenka Bissell	Paediatric cardiology/Neonatology	Early confirmative diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta using neonatal feed and wrap MRI
There are additional projects available in Histopathology with the following supervisors – please contact for further details
67	Ms Kathryn Griffin	Histopathology	k.j.griffin@leeds.ac.uk
68	Dr Kate Marks	Histopathology	k.m.marks@leeds.ac.uk
69	Dr Caroline Young	Histopathology	C.Young@leeds.ac.uk

Placements in Primary Care

Academic Foundation Placements in Primary Care – West Yorkshire

Why primary care?

Primary care is a diverse, challenging and exciting speciality which brings together acute care, continuing care and prevention. Primary care in the UK is responsible for both individual and population-based approaches to healthcare and health – so it offers a chance to make a real difference to individual patients and whole communities. Up to 90% of patient contacts with the NHS occur in primary care. International comparisons indicate that strong primary care systems are associated with better population health, narrowing of inequalities and reduced costs.

Why academic primary care at Leeds?

We have a vibrant and growing academic team. Academic primary care is integrated within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), thereby ensuring an interdisciplinary approach incorporating expertise in research methods, behavioural sciences, health economics, informatics and statistics.

Research

We can offer opportunities to become involved in or lead projects which span a range of evaluation methods, such as systematic reviews, qualitative studies and quantitative studies.

We possess particular strengths in:

Primary care oncology - particularly early diagnosis of cancer and survivorship (led by Professor Richard Neal);
The health and wellbeing of older people; trials of complex healthcare interventions (led by Professor Suzanne Richards); and
Implementation science – understanding and changing professional behaviour to improve the uptake of evidence-based practice (led by Professor Robbie Foy).

Education

Primary care has a central role in the Leeds medical undergraduate curriculum with a well-established and successful spiral curriculum. Our GP team has a track record of educational innovation and scholarship, including leading projects to widen participation and selection of entrants to medicine, and playing a key role in the development of educational resources such as clinical skills e books and cases for the Virtual Community. We are leading the conceptualisation, development and testing of a personalised adaptive learning system (MyPAL@Leeds), which is a major contributor to School strategy in medical education.

This placement will therefore be of interest to doctors who wish to combine learning about research and/or teaching methods with opportunities to make a difference to patient care and outcomes.

Documents:

2021-2023 YHFS AFP Placements

2020/21 AFP Placement Application Form