Trainee Research Networks
Trainee research networks are a collaborative effort to conduct high-quality multicentre audits or research that is led, designed and delivered by trainees (Tavabie et al, 2023). Our specialty has been able to produce some truly impactful research, and we look forward to future work and collaborations.
The currently active trainee networks within gastroenterology and hepatology are listed below:
East of England Gastroenterology and Liver trainee network (EAGLE)
Email address: eagletraineenetwork@gmail.com
Website: TBC
Co- Chairs: Vikram Bains (vikrambains@nhs.net), Andreas Hadjinicolaou (andreas.hadjinicolaou@nhs.net), Vithushan Vakeeswarasarma (v.vakeeswarasarma1@nhs.net)
Secretary: TBC
X: @EAGLE_TrRN
GLINT (Gastro London Investigative Network for Trainees)
Email: glint.research@gmail.com
Website: https://glintresearch.com/
Chair: Rawen Kader (r.kader@nhs.net)
Vice-Chair: Eathar Shakweh (eathar.shakweh@nhs.net)
GRANT (Gastroenterology Research and Audit through Northern Trainees)
Co-chairs: Sarah Manning (sarah.manning3@nhs.net) and Geraldine Carroll (geraldine.carroll@nhs.net)
Secretary: Mohamed Mohamed (mohamed.mohamed31@nhs.net)
OxYGeN
Chair: TBC
SABRE-IBD
SABRE-IBD (Exploring the SAfety of perioperative Biologics for patients undeRgoing Elective surgery with Inflammatory Bowel Disease) is a multicentre, multispecialty project aiming to understand whether the use of biologics or small molecules in the perioperative period affects rates of post-operative complications or IBD flares. The aim is to generate a large multicentre and multispecialty collaborative project led and delivered by trainees.
Email: sabre-ibd@contacts.bham.ac.uk
ScotRIGHT (Scottish Trainee Research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Email: committee@scotright.com
Website: www.scotright.com
Co-chairs: Damien Leith & Josh Orpen-Palmer
Secretary: Emily Brownson
X: @scot_right
The SPRinG network
Email : thespringnetwork@outlook.com
Website: Click here.
Chair: Phoebe Hodges
Secretary: Fenella Marley
Trainee Collaborative for Research and Audit in Hepatology UK (ToRcH-UK)
Chair: Christopher Mysko
Email: committee@torchuk.org
Co-Deputy Chairs: Gio McGinty, Yazan Haddadin
Contact: christopher.mysko@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Website: www.torchuk.org
X: @uk_torch
WMRIG (West Midlands Research In Gastroenterology)
Email: wmrig.research@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Amar Srinivasa (amarsrinivasa@nhs.net)
Secretary: TBC
X: @wmrig
YaHGuT (Yorkshire and Humber Gastroenterology aUdit and research Trainee network)
Email: yahgutnetwork@gmail.com
Chair: Nikolaos Pantzaris
Secretary: Katrina Pekarska
X: @YaHGuT
Current projects
GLINT and YaHGuT collaboration- RECRUITING for the BOS Project.
Recruitment is open for our latest project on benign oesophageal strictures (BOS).
SABRE-IBD as listed above.
References
Tavabie O, Clough J, King J, et al, Challenges of developing a green gastroenterology evidence base and how trainee research networks can fill the gaps, Frontline Gastroenterology, Published Online First: 22 November 2023. DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2023-102497