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Christopher Hawkey

Professor of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Christopher Hawkey is Professor of Gastroenterology at the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre. His main interests are in the field of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and inflammatory bowel disease. In both areas his approach is to try to identify targets in small exploratory studies and then evaluate them in large and/or outcomes studies.

Research Summary

Interests

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Chemoprophylaxis of gastrointestinal cancers

Techniques

  • Clinical trials including: Phase I assessments, particularly by endoscopy in volunteers Small proof of concept Phase II trials Clinical trial design, including Outcome studies
  • Ex-vivo translational research
  • Current research projects
  • Target Outcomes Study of selective vs non-selective NSAIDs

Recent Publications

  • HAWKEY CJ, 2012. The Discovery of Helicobacter Pylori. In: THOMPSON GILBERT, ed., Nobel Prizes that Changed Medicine Imperial College Press. 281-307
  • HAWKEY CJ, BURNETT I, GOLD MS, GARSED K, STEVENSON D, MANNATH J, NORMAN A, SHEPHERD V, SUBRAMANIAN V, JOHNSTON RD and BROWN M, 2012. Endoscopic evaluation of the gastro-duodenal tolerance of short-term analgesic treatment with 25 mg diclofenac-K liquid capsules Aliment Pharm & Therap. 35(7), 819-827
  • SHERON N, GILMORE I, PARSONS C, HAWKEY CJ and RHODES J, 2012. Projections of alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales—tragic toll or potential prize? The Lancet. 379(9817), 687-688
  • SUBRAMANIAN V, MANNATH J, TELAKIS E, RAGUNATH K and HAWKEY CJ, 2012. Efficacy of new playback functions at reducing small-bowel wireless capsule endoscopy reading times Dig Dis & Sci. (In Press.)

Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre

University of Nottingham
E Floor, West Block/Medical School QMC
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2UH

telephone: +44 (0)115 82 31090
fax: +44 (0)115 82 31409
email: nddcbru@nottingham.ac.uk