An excellent first WGH Connect Edinburgh Colorectal Research
PPI meeting. Great discussions around the need for PPI + how to immerse into our research. 2 study proposals reviewed by the team. Grateful to the attendees for their time and incisive insights. More people needed- please apply!

Congratulations to our consultant surgeon Peter Vaughan-Shaw for this prestigious award. The award recognises his portfolio of translational studies investigating the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer in collaboration with Professor Malcolm Dunlop

Congratulations to our current CT1 Tom Drake awarded the Chiene Medal for his work investigating how specific mutations in DNA lead to liver cancer. Prof John Chiene was president of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1897-99 & influential Edinburgh Medical School Prof Surgery. A great role model for Tom Drake!

Congratulations to our researcher Adam Gerrard, awarded the Professor Fearon medal 🥇for BJS paper investigating double qFIT testing in patients with colorectal symptoms. Collaborative effort w/WGH Connect qFIT nurses, Prof Farhat Din Edinburgh Medical School Institute of Genetics and Cancer

🎇Congratulations to our Edinburgh Colorectal Research consultant Mr Mark Potter who has been awarded SE Scotland Surgical Trainer of the Year Award 🥇. Richly deserved + an inspiration for all surgical trainers WGH Connect NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Faculty of Surgical Trainers Clinical Surgery

Read expert commentary in Cell Reports Medicine from EXPPECT Edinburgh Co-Directors Professors Philippa Saunders Philippa Saunders & Andrew Horne Andrew Horne

🧬 How #genetic analysis confirms a link between #GI disorders + #Endometriosis

#GI Twitter #PelvicPain

Clinical Surgery Prof Malcolm Dunlop warming up the School of Surgery audience Clinical Surgery Edinburgh Surgery Online

Staff in the Main Theatres at WGH receiving Team of the Month Award - recognising the care and compassion the team demonstrate in looking after their patients 24/7 through the year.
Thank you to all the staff for the compassion and teamwork you show day in day out. @NHSLothian

Proud moment for us all!

Our team accepting the WGH Team Of The Month certificate from Claire Palmer. Amazing recognition for an amazing team!

Intuitive Edinburgh Colorectal Research ACPGBI-Education&Training

“Wearable tech” taken to a new level! Oxygenation sensors on anastomoses: winner of best paper award! Well done Mark Porter and team!

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Will biomarkers help us prevent and detect anastomotic leaks? Read this comprehensive review by Potter et al. for more…

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The EXPPECT Edinburgh team has had a successful few weeks of #Endometriosis & #ReproductiveHealth Conferences 🎉

Our team’s achievements are worth celebrating again 👏

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Cross disciplinary team effort 💪🏽Drs Iona Campbell& Michael Glinka, Fadlo Shaban, DrsKate Kirkwood & Francesca Nadalin David Adams Mark Arends Irene Papatheodorou - Ειρήνη Παπαθεοδώρου Profs Baldock & Burger. 🙌🏽All the amazing & incredibly talented people who make this possible.

This is work by the team at Edinburgh Colorectal Research. >15% have -ve to +ve and vice versa when 2 tests done. Double testing reduces the chance of missing sinister pathologies.

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Researchers from The University of Edinburgh have found that the accuracy of detecting bowel cancer is increased to almost 100 per cent by carrying out a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) twice rather than once.

Huge thanks to all the patients who participated and the wider team Alessandro Sgrò Leo Brown Clinical Surgery Dr Luke Daines Edinburgh Colorectal Research Prof Ewen Harrison Usher Institute Edinburgh Innovations DDI

Digital health interventions are certainly gaining momentum with promising supporting evidence. Read this comprehensive systematic review on what’s out there. Kenneth McLean Prof Ewen Harrison

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