Medical research
- Ageing
- Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma
- Brain signalling
- Cancer (breast)
- Cancer (lung)
- Cancer (skin)
- Cancer (brain)
- Cancer (general)
- Cataracts
- Cystic fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Diet and health
- Drug clearance
- Drug metabolism
- Epilepsy
- Foetal studies
- Heart disease
- HIV
- Huntington's disease
- Intestinal infections
- Kidney failure
- Liver disease
- Lung diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Orthodontics
- Pain studies
- Parkinson's disease
- Rheumatism
- Sepsis
- Sleeping sickness
- Vascular disorders
- Whooping cough
- Wound healing
Ageing
Ageing and immunity
Body Shop Foundation Award
2001 – 2004 Birmingham University, Dr J Lord
Study of elderly patients and test-tube methods to provide new information on the decline of the human immune system with age, and to find new ways of protecting the health of elderly people. An alternative to experiments on genetically modified mice with damaged immune systems.
Mathematical models of ageing
2000 – 2003 Newcastle University, Prof T Kirkwood
Exploration of the complex relationships between human genes, lifestyles, longevity and age-related illnesses, with computer modelling as an alternative to investigations in large populations of mice and rats.