Research
The MS Society NI continues to promote, encourage and where possible help fund good quality research into the causes and management of MS, leading to a cure.
Details of current research projects and the latest research news can be found by clicking on the link to the right to our national website. Below are details of the latest projects approved for funding by the MS Society.
In summer 2009, the MS Society's Board of Trustees approved funding of approximately £1.3 million for new research projects ranging from clinical trials to basic science in the field of MS.
This section provides short summaries of each of the grant applications that were approved for funding from the spring grant round 2009.
Grant Review Panel 1 - Biomedical Research
Grant Number 914 - Prof. Lars Fugger: '"Acid-sensing ion channel-2 in neurodegeneration and multiple sclerosis: a target for neuroprotection?"
Grant Number 915 - Prof. George Ebers: "Mapping MHC regulatory elements in multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 916 - Prof. George Ebers: "Kinesins and multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 917 - Prof. David Miller "Grey matter abnormalities on 3 Tesla MRI and their functional effects in multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 918 - Dr. Julia Edgar "An investigation of microglia/macrophages in axonal damage in the context of demyelination"
Grant Number 919 - Dr. Nikos Evangelou "Potential use of newly detected MRI features of lesions to diagnose MS"
Grant Review Panel 2 - Care and Services Research
Grant Number 920 - Dr Marietta van der Linden: "The impacts of core stability exercise (Pilates) on posture, pain, function and quality of life in wheelchair-users with multiple sclerosis - a feasibility study"
Grant Number 921 - Dr Diane Playford: "Working yet worried II: Working with employers to ensure employees needs are met"
Grant Number 922 - Dr Jonathan Koffman: "Preferences for care and knowledge among people severely affected by MS and their caregivers: does ethnicity make a difference?"
Grant Number 923- Prof John Zajicek: "South West Impact of Multiple Sclerosis (SWIMS) - a longitudinal study of MS from the patient perspective"
This section provides short summaries of each of the grant applications that were approved for funding from the spring grant round 2009.
Grant Review Panel 1 - Biomedical Research
Grant Number 914 - Prof. Lars Fugger: '"Acid-sensing ion channel-2 in neurodegeneration and multiple sclerosis: a target for neuroprotection?"
Grant Number 915 - Prof. George Ebers: "Mapping MHC regulatory elements in multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 916 - Prof. George Ebers: "Kinesins and multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 917 - Prof. David Miller "Grey matter abnormalities on 3 Tesla MRI and their functional effects in multiple sclerosis"
Grant Number 918 - Dr. Julia Edgar "An investigation of microglia/macrophages in axonal damage in the context of demyelination"
Grant Number 919 - Dr. Nikos Evangelou "Potential use of newly detected MRI features of lesions to diagnose MS"
Grant Review Panel 2 - Care and Services Research
Grant Number 920 - Dr Marietta van der Linden: "The impacts of core stability exercise (Pilates) on posture, pain, function and quality of life in wheelchair-users with multiple sclerosis - a feasibility study"
Grant Number 921 - Dr Diane Playford: "Working yet worried II: Working with employers to ensure employees needs are met"
Grant Number 922 - Dr Jonathan Koffman: "Preferences for care and knowledge among people severely affected by MS and their caregivers: does ethnicity make a difference?"
Grant Number 923- Prof John Zajicek: "South West Impact of Multiple Sclerosis (SWIMS) - a longitudinal study of MS from the patient perspective"