GRANT Network

GRANT (Gastroenterology Research and Audit through Northern Trainees) is a trainee-led collaboration delivering regional projects in the Northern deanery

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

🚨Recent publication alert! 🚨
Two of our committee members are authors of this systematic review on the faecal microbiome in colorectal neoplasia, recently published in AP&T @wileyinresearch
https://t.co/usc9rPqzgu
Congratulations Sarah and Ellie!

[BSG @BritSocGastro]

🎖 Well done to Dr Eleanor Hackney, winner of The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving #Gastroenterology Training! A standout commitment to better training #BSGLIVE25 @BSGtrainees

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Introducing this year’s prize winners…
🥈Runner up: Dr Agatha Chu for her project on blood test monitoring in upadacitinib
🥇First prize: Dr Laura Checkett with her work on standardising HCC ultrasound surveillance and integration of US LI-RADS into clinical practice

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

This year’s GRANT symposium was a great success! We had brilliant talks from Prof John Leeds @NEndoscopy and Dr Keith Pohl @KeithPohl7, followed by six fantastic presentations by trainees in our region who have completed excellent projects!

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Thank you Prof Leeds for a brilliant talk and for your support of GRANT!

[Prof John Leeds @NEndoscopy]

Fun afternoon with the @grantnetworkorg discussing research promotion through the training network. Talk by @KeithPohl7 about research in endoscopy. Great abstracts and well done Drs Checkitt and Chu for winning the best abstracts.

[COLO-SPEED @colospeedstudy]

🏆#BSGLive2025 - Award For Dr Eleanor Hackney🏆

Congrats to #ColoCohort researcher Ellie for winning the Alistair McIntyre Prize for "EmPath" - a project she co-created to empower endoscopy trainees in recognising & managing Upper GI pathology via targeted study days.
@RI_STSFT

[Ellie Hackney @ellie_r_hackney]

Another brilliant @NorthernETA EmPath pathology day held @NorthumbriaDASH today. Fantastic to be part of this multidisciplinary programme centred around upper GI pathology recognition and management

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Send us an abstract for this year’s symposium and this could be you!

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Dr Alexandra Hickey won our symposium prize last year and went on to expand her project with GRANT’s help. This week her work has been published as a letter in Frontline Gastro! Well done Alexandra! https://t.co/1Y6ufTELIp

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Call for abstracts! We are looking for NE trainees/allied professionals who have completed research or audits in gastro recently! Get in touch for the opportunity to present them in a friendly, supportive environment and the potential to role your project out across the region!

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Our Spring newsletter is out! Drop us a comment or DM if you would like to join our mailing list and receive these updates by email!

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By three months your baby should be:
1) Lifting their head during tummy time
2) Developing specific research interests
Support them by attending events like these!
@colospeedstudy @bowelcanceruk @ellie_r_hackney @dr_sarahmanning #bowelcancerawarenessweek

[Ellie Hackney @ellie_r_hackney]

Another fantastic @NorthernETA EmPath day yesterday - EMpowering endoscopy trainees in PATHology recognition and management held at North Tees University Hospital @frasercbrown

[Christopher Wells @drcwwells]

https://t.co/mBZDO9WxY9
TCT Course at University Hospital Hartlepool 5-6 February. Places still available. Come and learn how to teach colleagues to do Colonoscopy.

[Aaron Bancil @AaronBancil]

🚨UK Gastro/Hep trainee research networks 🚨 
You can now submit your research to @FrontGastro_BMJ and apply to the @BritSocGastro to have the open access fees waived 🙌 Thanks to all who helped facilitate this! @BSGTrainees @ResearchBsg @PhilSmithIsBack @DebbieShawcros1

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

GRANT has a newsletter! If you would like to join our mailing list and receive The Digest Digest on a quarterly basis please contact us here or by email!([email protected])

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

NE Gastro SpR and GRANT member, Dr Rebecca Bragg, presented our regional project ‘A Multicentre Evaluation of FIT Results in Colorectal Cancer’ at UEGW in Vienna this week. Well done Bex! #UEGWeek

[Anjan Dhar @anjan_dhar6]

This is a useful trainees meeting to attend - for all ST4-5 GI trainees to help you decide your career path. @grantnetworkorg @NREGresearch 👇👇

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

@NEndoscopy Thanks Dr Leeds! Yes definitely, we will be in touch! 😄

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

Congratulations to our symposium prize winners!
🥇Dr Emily Dobb: Variceal screening audit
🥈Dr Alexandra Hickey & Dr Fatima Abdelsalam: Improving awareness of the decompensated cirrhosis discharge bundle QIP
Two great projects that we would love to roll out through GRANT!

[GRANT Network @grantnetworkorg]

@anjan_dhar6 Thanks again for your support of the event and GRANT generally! Your talk was very helpful and informative 😃