Research case studies

Artificial intelligence to predict and prevent disease

Ongoing

AI technology developed to analyse eye scans can predict diseases like diabetes, dementia, and heart conditions before symptoms appear.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Optometry and Visual Science

Bringing hope to people with Lymphoedema

Ongoing

Genetic research at City St George’s is transforming diagnosis and treatment for people with primary lymphoedema, offering hope through precision medicine.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

Building the international recommendations for identifying heart conditions in athletes

Completed

Research at City St George’s has shaped global cardiac screening guidelines, improving athlete safety and early diagnosis of heart conditions.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Medicine

Creating evidence for sustainable diets to improve food systems

Ongoing

City St George's Professor pioneers research on sustainable diets and food systems.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Population Health and Policy

Research centre: Centre for Food Policy

Detecting multiple strains of deadly bacteria to guide vaccine strategies

Ongoing

A genomics tool developed at City St George’s is guiding global vaccine strategies by detecting multiple pneumococcal strains with high accuracy.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Population Health and Policy

Developing thalidomide analogues for cancer treatment

Completed

Professor Angus Dalgleish developed thalidomide analogues like lenalidomide that improve survival in blood cancers such as myeloma.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Medicine

Developing vaccines to protect mothers and babies

Ongoing

Research by Dr Kirsty Le Doare is advancing maternal vaccines to protect mothers and newborns from deadly infections like GBS, sepsis, and meningitis.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Population Health and Policy

Dual targeting antimicrobials and the circumvention of resistance

Completed

City St George’s research into dual-targeting antibiotics is helping fight drug resistance in pneumonia and bacterial eye infections through the development of gemifloxacin and besifloxacin.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

Early introduction of allergenic foods and the prevention of food allergy in infancy

Completed

Discover how the EAT study, led by Dr Michael Perkin at City St George’s, found that early introduction of allergenic foods can prevent food allergies and improve infant health outcomes.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Evidence proves value of ‘expert leadership’ in raising performance of healthcare and education

Ongoing

Research by Dr Amanda Goodall shows that organisations led and managed by core business specialists outperform those that are not.

School: Bayes Business School