A key objective for Thrombosis UK is to support, promote and inform research into blood clots.
We are seeking your support for our 2021 Thrombosis UK Research Appeal
Donations to the Thrombosis UK Research Appeal will be specifically be used to support research projects into understanding more about the causes, prevention and management of blood clots also known as thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis (DVT- blood clots usually formed in the legs), pulmonary embolism (PE - blood clots in the lungs) or venous thromboembolism, (VTE, both DVT + PE).
Since launching our research appeals in 2018 over £17,000 had been donated. You can read how this money is supporting research projects.
We hope to raise even more in 2021!
Every penny donated for research helps to support research projects tackling – cause - prevention – treatment and - improving management and care for everyone effected by and living with thrombosis.
To donate simply click here and your donation will go straight to support our research grant programmes.
Dr Colin Evans is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of Professor Randall Johnson at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.
His current research investigates mechanisms that regulate the strong positive association between cancer and venous thrombosis.
I am a Statistical Epidemiologist in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford.
My current research investigates the relationship between cancer and venous thromboembolism using questionnaire data from a large UK cohort, the Million Women Study, linked to NHS hospital admissions records, cancer registrations and deaths.
PhD Research Grant
I am a 3rd Year PhD Student at the University of Aberdeen in Dr Nicola Mutch’s Lab.
My PhD project has focused on determining the role of platelets in fibrinolysis (the process of breaking down a blood clot). Our laboratory has found that proteins important in fibrinolysis and coagulation are retained on the surface of activated platelets in a protruding "cap".
Travel Research Grant