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Dr David Gardner

Description
Cardiovascular disease. Renal disease. Metabolic disease. Role of nutrition during pregnancy for determining risk of disease in later life. Diet and disease. Diet in pregnancy. Infant nutrition. Fetal development. Diet and obesity. Blood Pressure. Physical activity.

Dr Lopa Leach

Description
How blood vessels grow and what makes blood vessels leaky, especially in diabetes. The role of growth factors and adhesion molecules in vascular growth and leakiness. Barrier properties of the placental blood vessels during normal pregnancies and those complicated with diabetes.

Professor Colin Thorne

Description
Flood management. Rivers and river management, including rehabilitation and restoration for environmental enhancement. Rivers and development issues in South America, Africa and Asia.

Professor Eamonn Ferguson

Description
Blood donor behaviour - what motivates people to donate and remain as a donor. Gulf War Syndrome. Hypochondrical concerns - what makes people have health anxiety and what factors sustain it. Risk perceptions of waste management. Stress in sport. Misbehaviour in the classroom.

Professor Fiona Broughton-Pipkin

Description
Pathophysiology of pregnancy, especially pre-eclampsia/ pregnancy-induced hypertension. Long-term follow-up of the hypertensive pregnant woman and her baby. The role of the renin-angiotensin system (hormones) in feto-placental development, The role of the placenta in pregnancy. High blood pressure in pregnancy. Toxaemia. Policy co-ordination with respect to the Middle East across the University.

Professor Jonathan Ball

Description
Blood-borne viruses, especially HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Professor Nigel Russell

Description
Leukaemia. Bone marrow transplantation. Myeloma.

Professor Richard Donnelly

Description
Clinical trials of new drugs, especially in heart disease and diabetes. Complications of diabetes. Heart disease, cholesterol and high blood pressure. Drug discovery- clinical perspective.

Professor Stan Heptinstall

Description
Thrombosis. Anti-thrombotic agents. Drugs to prevent heart attack and stroke. Platelets. Haemostasis. Antiplatelet agents.

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