Our impact

Transforming pain management in babies

Professor Lorenzo Fabrizi from UCL is uncovering how babies experience pain.

Treating nerve injury after whiplash

Professor Annina Schmid, from the University of Oxford, is investigating pain after a whiplash injury.

Improving the lives of people with an eating disorder and autism

Professor Kate Tchanturia from King’s College London has developed a new clinical pathway for people with an eating disorder and autism.

Preventing eating disorders: exploring the role of decision-making

Research by Dr Amy Harrison from UCL is paving the way for new eating disorder prevention tools.

Exploring the mental health impacts of phone and social media use

Professor Rina Dutta from King’s College London is investigating the impact of phone and social media use on mental health.

Giving young eczema sufferers a ‘healthier, happier future’

Professor Carsten Flohr from King’s College London is exploring the links between eczema, sleep, and mental health in young people.

Tackling the health impacts of climate change

We’ve funded partnerships between researchers in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK to explore the impacts of climate change on health.

Fighting back against superbugs – enhancing the immune response in ageing lungs

Dr Wezi Sendama is exploring how ageing impacts lung immunity, aiming to reduce infections and antibiotic dependence.

Uncovering antimicrobial resistance in unusual places

Dr Jordan Sealey is working to gain insights into antimicrobial resistance from zoo and animal studies.

Improving the lives of people with hearing loss

Dr Jack Holman is investigating the social and emotional aspects of daily life that are impacted by hearing loss.

A breakthrough in hepatitis treatment: targeting the liver, not the immune system

Dr Zania Stamataki is leading research that could transform how we treat hepatitis.

Preventing broken bones

Professor Nick Harvey from the University of Southampton is helping to change how osteoporosis is managed in the UK.

Taking us closer to a cure for chronic hepatitis B

Targeting viral hepatitis

Why are cases of stroke rising in young adults?

Findings from Foundation-funded Dr Linxin Li

How could our DNA make us susceptible to autoimmune disease?

Continuing a legacy

Dr Angela Hind, our Chief Executive, leads a dedicated team which is committed to ensuring we use our donations responsibly and make the biggest possible impact on human health.

Finding the right treatments for hepatitis C

Understanding mental illness in children with intellectual disabilities

Improving the nation’s mental health

Training future leaders to solve antimicrobial resistance

Building a community of inspired African scholars

Research stars of the future

Through our Emerging Leaders Prize, we've funded research into lupus, adolescent mental health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), pain research, COVID-19 and hepatitis.

Preventing eating disorders and self-harm

Revealing the biology underlying human disease

Using zebrafish to increase our understanding of motor neurone disease

Offering hope to families affected by genetic disorders

Spreading the word about harmful ‘skunk’

Optimising HIV treatment in low income countries

Pain

Pain and chronic pain are underfunded areas that need urgent attention and research

Stroke in young adults

One in four strokes are reported to occur in people of working age.

Adolescent skin disorders

According to a 2020 survey by the All Parliamentary Group on Skin, 98 per cent of patients with a skin disorder report that their condition affects their emotional and psychological wellbeing.

Hearing loss

Hearing loss affects one in six people in the UK.

Changing policy and practice

Climate change and health

Our planet’s climate is changing, and it’s already affecting our health.

Antimicrobial resistance

Without urgent action, as many as 10 million people each year could die as a result of AMR. To stop the spread of drug-resistant illness and disease, a new approach is desperately needed.

Eating disorders

Around 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder

Lupus

An incurable disease we're facing head on

Hepatitis

Every 30 seconds, someone loses their life to a hepatitis related illness