An overview of the LURE scholarship scheme

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An overview of the LURE scholarship scheme
School of Medicine FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH

• Dr Karen Lee
• Professor Homer-Vanniasinkam

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An overview of the LURE scholarship scheme
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Introduction to LURE
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• Dr Karen Lee
• Professor Homer-Vanniasinkam

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LURE family
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Leeds Undergraduate Research Enterprise
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LURE director

• Professor Homer-Vanniasinkam
• Consultant Vascular Surgeon Leeds Teaching
  Hospitals NHS Trust
• Personal Chair in Clinical and Experimental
  Vascular Research at University of Bradford
• Chair in Translational Vascular Medicine at
  the University of Bradford
• Clinical Sub Dean, Leeds Medical School
• Director of LURE scholarships

Photograph by Alistair Hall
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Three components of LURE
Scholarship scheme for undergraduate medical
students to develop research and academic skills

• conduct and disseminate research
• mentoring and being mentored
• schools, widening participation and
  community activities

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Career options for doctors
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Academic clinician
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Leeds Media Services

• employed by University or NHS
• teaching, research and NHS work
• career path defined within MMC

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LURE activities summary
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LURE application and bursary

• Maximum of 5 students per year
• Written application
• Short list
• Presentation to selection panel
• Bursary
• Year 2 2000
• Year 3 2000
• Intercalated year 3000
• Year 4 500
• Year 5 500
• Travel and research funds

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LURE research component
Scholarship scheme for undergraduate medical
students to develop research and academic skills

• conduct and disseminate research
• mentoring and being mentored
• schools, widening participation and
  community activities

Modernising Medical Careers
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Why do research?

• Whats the point of research?
• contribute to knowledge
• change practice
• improve health (MM LOS costs)
• not necessarily to enhance CV
• Badly done..
• confusion
• time
• money

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Benefits of research

• Dr Adrian Jubb said
• autonomy and ownership
• opinion matters
• accelerates later career
• opens doors
• nice lifestyle
• novel and interesting vs medical practice
• travel (lots of air miles)

Photograph by Adrian Jubb
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Research in Medicine at Leeds

• Research Institutes
• LIMM
• LIGHT
• LIHS
• MEU

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Research skills of LURE scholars

• Laboratory techniques and analysis
• Critical appraisal of scientific literature
• Formulating a research hypothesis
• Reviewing existing publications to spot a
  research opportunity
• Experiencing the full cycle for gaining
  ethical approval
• Interviewing patients and recording their
  views
• Planning a research project

• Attending conferences and presenting
  posters and oral communication
• Exploring partnerships with pharmaceutical
  companies and other private sector
  organisations to benefit NHS patients

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Research of Trusha Bhatt

• Tissue engineering
• Professor Eileen Ingham
• Professor Homer
• Mentoring by research professors and active
  scientific and clinical teams
• UCLA and Pittsburgh

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Research of Simon Romaine
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Mais Al-Hity, Chris Lewis, Barbara Onen, Sunil
Bhopal
International Health
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LURE scholarship scheme
Dhakshana Sivayoganathan
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Junaid Azam

• Patient assessment before surgery
• Dr Simon Howell
• Professor Homer
• Exercise tolerance anaerobic threshold
• Eight weeks summer vacation

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing Literature
review Hypothesis Research ethics committee
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Research reading in library
Photograph of Peter Mackley, Dhakshana
Sivayoganathan, Lakshmanan Arunachalam and
Junaid Azam by Simon and Simon
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Mais Al-Hity

• Patients as teachers
• Dr Naomi Quinton
• Dr Vikram Jha
• Professor Trudie Roberts
• Poster presentation at international conference
  in Norway
• Talk at University of Sydney
• LURE is unique in the UK and the only scholarship
  scheme to link undergraduate research with
  mentoring and community activities.

Photograph by Dr Naomi Quinton
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Sunil Bhopal

• Maternal health in developing countries
• Professor Andrew Green
• http//www.medsin.org/

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LURE mentoring
Scholarship scheme for undergraduate medical
students to develop research and academic skills
Photograph Karen Lee
Photograph by Karen Lee

• conduct and disseminate research
• mentoring and being mentored
• schools, widening participation and
  community activities

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Being mentored and mentoring

• School of Medicine
• Mentoring
• Personal tutorial groups
• Role models
• Chain of mentoring
• Each LURE scholar has an academic mentor and a
  student mentor
• Each LURE scholar mentors another LURE scholar

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LURE chain of mentoring
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LURE community activities
Scholarship scheme for undergraduate medical
students to develop research and academic skills

• conduct and disseminate research
• mentoring and being mentored
• schools, widening participation and
  community activities

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Working with school children
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LURE voluntary activities

• Some examples
• Brightside Trust e-mentoring
• Widening Access to Medical School (WAMS)
• You and Your Body community events
• School of Medicine Widening Participation
• Gifted and Talented Youth
• St Johns Ambulance
• HeartStart
• Sexpression
• Homed

Photograph of Mais Al Hity, Sunil Bhopal, Trusha
Bhatt and Simon Romaine by Karen Lee
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Graduation and beyond
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ceremony by Karen Lee
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Acknowledge support
Thank you to the donors
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Heart Research UK

• Leeds based national charity

Photograph of Simon Romaine, Keith Loudon (HR UK)
and Trusha Bhatt by Simon and Simon
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Hats off for Sir Jimmy
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Another Savile cheque
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Simon and Simon
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Jimmy Savile and the LGI
Leeds General Infirmary
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LURE scholarships
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LURE further information

• k.e.lee_at_leeds.ac.uk
• http//www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/lure/