SIRN 2012 Minor Research Funding awards

 Offers have now been made to:

Dr Karl Burgess (University of Glasgow)

The implant microbiome: metagenomics and metabolomics to understand the role ofco-infection in orthopaedic surgery andmedical implantation.

£10,000.00

Dr Ashutosh P Deshpande (Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Southern General Hospital)

Susceptibility of gram-negative urinary tract isolates to mecillinam in a large Glasgow teaching hospital.

£4,000.00

Professor Alistair Leanord (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde)

The diagnostic use of metabolomics for the early recognition of sepsis .

£6,800.00

Dr Diane SJ Lindsay (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde)

Typing and prevalence of Group A Streptococci (GAS) in Scotland.

£5,357.00

Mrs Elizabeth McGovern (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde)

Antibiotic use in hospice and primary care settings for patients receiving palliative care.

£10,000.00

Professor Chris Robertson (Strathclyde University)

A time series and linked analysis of MSSA screening and the impact on colonisation prevalence and surgical site infection in a regional cardiac surgery centre.

£9,961.00