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

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

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

Explaining unexplained deaths in the young

Ongoing

City St George’s researchers are uncovering the causes of sudden unexplained deaths in young people and identifying inherited cardiac conditions in their families to prevent future loss of life.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

Fighting cryptococcal meningitis on many fronts

Ongoing

City St George’s research is transforming cryptococcal meningitis treatment with new drug regimens and diagnostics to reduce deaths and improve access in Africa.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Population Health and Policy

Fighting cryptococcal meningitis with better treatments and improved access

Ongoing

City St George’s researchers improve survival in cryptococcal meningitis through new treatments and better drug access.

School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

Department: Department of Population Health and Policy