YHFS Specialised Foundation Programmes

West Yorkshire (WY)

Within West Yorkshire there are 21 Specialised Academic Foundation Training Programmes. These incorporate a standard F1 training programme and an F2 training programme which includes a 4-month academic research or medical education attachment at the University of Leeds

18 Research Programmes.
3 Medical Education Programmes
Collaboration with University of Leeds School of Medicine https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine-research-innovation
Projects can be developed in a number of specialties and research areas; potential projects and their SFP supervisors are listed below. For more information https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine-clinical-academic-training

The 2 year SFP rotations for West Yorkshire are available at the bottom of this page.

How to Apply to SFP

Information will be published on the UKFPO website. For details of how to apply, please see our Allocation Process section. If you have any queries, please contact england.foundation.yh@nhs.net

Research, Projects and Supervisors

Specialised Foundation Academic Projects and Supervisors – West Yorkshire (for 4-month F2 projects in Aug 26-Jul 27)

West Yorkshire Academic Foundation Placements (Specialised Foundation) are available with the following supervisors in the research areas indicated below. If there is not a project offered in a particular specialty in which you are interested in pursuing research please contact Jo Bentley (J.Bentley@leeds.ac.uk) to discuss.

	Supervisor	Clinical Specialty	Project description
1	Dr Oliver Todd Prof Andrew Clegg	Geriatric Medicine	Which patterns in wearable blood pressure recording are predictive of adverse cardiovascular events as well as syncope and falls? A range of reviews.
2	Dr Oliver Todd Prof Andy Clegg	Geriatric Medicine	Optimising structure medication reviews for older people to reduce overprescribing and associated inequalities using big data sets in CPRD
3	Dr Oliver Todd Prof Andy Clegg	Geriatric Medicine	Optimising blood pressure management for care home residents using big data sets in Connected Bradford
	Dr Matthew Knight Dr Oliver Todd	Geriatric Medicine	Investigating whether deprescribing during acute hospital admissions persists in the community using linked electronic health records
4	Dr Louise Savic	Anaesthetics	Drug allergy: defining the role of in vitro diagnostic tests
5	Dr Louise Savic	Anaesthetics	Perioperative allergy: understanding the patient perspective through qualitative research
6	Dr Louise Savic	Anaesthetics	Drug allergy: improving diagnostic certainty
7	Dr Louise Savic	Anaesthetics	Penicillin allergy: removing labels to improve health outcomes
8	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Evaluating new systems for digital pathology
9	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Are you sure it’s cancer? Cognition, error and image quality in diagnostic pathology
10	Dr Darren Treanor	Histopathology (Digital Pathology)	Artificial intelligence and digital pathology for the diagnosis of cancer
11	Dr Nick West	Histopathology	Bowel cancer Clinical Trials research
12	Dr Nick West	Histopathology	Gastrointestinal cancer and immunology
13	Dr Nick West	Histopathology	Gastrointestinal cancer digital pathology and artificial intelligence
14	Prof Phil Quirke	Histopathology	Cardiovascular pathology
15	Prof Phil Quirke Dr Nic Orsi	Histopathology	Gynaecological oncology/placental pathology
16	Prof Phil Quirke Dr Richard Digby	Histopathology	Dementia
17	Prof Phil Quirke Dr Kate Marks	Histopathology	Bowel Cancer
18	Prof Phil Quirke Dr Caroline Young	Histopathology	Pancreatic Cancer
19	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Patient related outcome measures in children's hand surgery. Several options for projects here to link with national and international outcomes assessments in congenital hand surgery
20	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Functional Rotational limb range in adolescence with and without nerve injury
21	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Patient related outcome measures after hand trauma. Is there a gender difference in evaluation
22	Ms Grainne Bourke	Plastic Surgery	Evaluation of nerve repair after injury – imaging/clinical/neurophysiology
23	Prof Hemant Pandit	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Sensors in orthopaedic surgery
24	Prof Hemant Pandit	Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery	Pain relief in osteoarthritis.
25	Mr Yazan Khaled	General Surgery	Systematic review on quality of life after Total Pancreatectomy. Analysis of the literature and local data.
26	Mr Yazan Khaled	General Surgery	Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor for response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer.
27	Mr Yazan Khaled	General Surgery	20-year review of Leeds Pathology Protocol margin analysis post Pancreaticoduodenectomy- longest FU series.
28	Mr Yazan Khaled	General Surgery	Outcome of 20-year series of venous + pancreatic resection at Leeds Pancreatic Unit.
29	Prof David Jayne Dr Josie Walshaw	General Surgery	Investigating novel therapies for gastrointestinal anastomotic healing
30	Mr Chris Mannion	Maxillofacial Surgery	Facial trauma and reconstruction – the impact of facial dog bites.
31	Mr Chris Mannion	Maxillofacial Surgery	Minimal access salivary gland surgery – techniques and future developments.
32	Mr Chris Mannion Dr E.Taleti	Maxillofacial Surgery /Neurology	Head and neck movement disorders. The impact on quality of life and impact of treatments.
33	Mr Chris Mannion Dr E.Taleti	Maxillofacial Surgery /Neurology	Synkinesis/ Facial Palsy and Dystonia – neurorehabilitation techniques.
34	Dr Faisal Mushtaq Mr Ryan Mathew Dr William Bolton	Neurosurgery	The role of XR in recovery after Neurosurgery
35	Mr Chris Derham Mr Ryan Mathew	Neurosurgery	Review of outcomes from Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours
36	Prof Julian Scott Mr Marc Bailey Mr Patrick Coughlin Mr Henry Davies	Vascular Surgery	Multi-morbidity and its effect on decision making processes in patients with complex vascular disease.
37	Mr David Russell Mr Alex Jones Mr Tom Wallace	Vascular Surgery	Reliability and impact of bone biopsy in management of patients with suspected osteomyelitis: a systematic review and service evaluation
38	Mr Tom Wallace Mr David Russell	Vascular Surgery	Optimising surgical outcomes in patients undergoing major lower limb amputation
39	Mr Jonathan De Siqueira Prof Julian Scott Mr Henry Davies	Vascular Surgery	Frailty and co-morbidity in patients considered for surgically created vascular access.: is the apparent survival advantage in surgically created vascular access related to patient factors
40	Mr Marc Bailey Mr Patrick Coughlin Mr Tom Wallace Mr David Russell	Vascular Surgery	Optimising equity of access and outcomes in CLTI within a regional vascular surgery network; the role of the multidisciplinary team
41	Mr Patrick Coughlin Mr Marc Bailey Mr David Russell Mr Tom Wallace	Vascular Surgery	Optimising medical therapy in patients with threatened limbs. Can a protocolised service improve adherence and improve patient outcomes?
42	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Audit of perioperative opioid management again standards defined within an implementation science project.
43	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Audit of perioperative frailty identification and management again standards defined within an implementation science project.
44	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Assessment of the effectiveness of testing for orthostatic hypotension in preassessment. A service evaluation.
45	Prof Simon Howell	Anaesthesia	Frequency and response to postoperative blood pressure measurement. A service evaluation.
46	Prof Ramzi Ajjan	Diabetes and Endocrinology	Improving vascular outcomes in overweight people with type 1 diabetes: Role of adjunctive therapies in double diabetes
47	Prof Ramzi Ajjan Dr Afroze Abbas	Diabetes and Endocrinology	Steroid therapy and cardiometabolic risk: are we doing enough?
48	Prof Ramzi Ajjan	Diabetes and Endocrinology	Use of technology to optimise metabolic markers in high risk ketoacidosis patients with heart failure and diabetes
49	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Prof Khalid Naseem	Rheumatology/Cardiology	Assessing FcgRlla signalling events in platelets: a therapeutic target in autoimmunity and cardiovascular disease.
50	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Dr Jim Robinson	Rheumatology	Optimising therapeutic monoclonal antibody design for autoimmunity and cancer
51	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Euan Baxter Dr Jim Robinson	Rheumatology	Unravelling how autoantibodies potentiate autoimmunity and modulate treatment response through studying Fcg receptor biology.
52	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Mark Iles	Rheumatology	Can blindness and ischaemic symptoms in giant cell arteritis be predicted molecular or proteomic signatures?
53	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Aruna Chakrabarty Dr Kathryn Griffin	Rheumatology	Does macrophage and T-cell polarization in giant cell arteritis tissue biopsies predict response to treatment?
54	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Mark Iles	Rheumatology	Can we identify giant cell arteritis patients who require additional immunosuppressant therapy/biologics at presentation?
55	Prof Ann Morgan Dr Mark Iles	Rheumatology	Identifying genetic predictors of GCA, PMR and disease complications
56	Prof Philip Conaghan Dr Sarah Kingsbury	Rheumatology	What is the relationship between metabolic syndrome and joint pain?
57	Prof Philip Conaghan Dr Sarah Kingsbury	Rheumatology	What interventions work for MSK hand, wrist and elbow problems?
58	Prof Anne-Maree Keenan Prof Anthony Redmond	Rheumatology/Diabetes	Foot Stress Fractures in Peri-menopausal Women: incidence and impact
59	Dr Yuzaiful Yusof	Rheumatology	The value of repeated ultrasound of major salivary glands in Sjogren disease to screen for lymphoma: a longitudinal cohort study
60	Dr Kulveer Mankia	Rheumatology	How can we improve risk stratification in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis?
61	Professor Rory O’Connor Dr Michelle Lumley	Rehabilitation Medicine	Research project investigating the use of personalised digital twins in stroke rehabilitation.
62	Dr Peter Swoboda	Sports Cardiology	Mechanisms and significance of cardiac fibrosis detected by MRI in endurance athletes
63	Dr Richard Cubbon Dr Michael Drozd	Cardiology	Developing novel heart failure biomarkers
64	Dr Andrew Walker Dr Richard Cubbon Prof Mark Kearney	Cardiology	Understanding factors that promote healthy cardiovascular ageing
65	Dr Richard Cubbon Dr Michael Drozd	Cardiology	Understanding the predisposition to infection in people with cardiovascular disease
66	Dr Sam Straw Dr John Gierula	Cardiology Clinical (patient facing) research	Targeting contractility in preserved ejection fraction heart failure
67	Dr Sam Straw Dr Klaus Witte	Cardiology (patient facing research)	Optimising screening for heart failure using artificial intelligence.
68	Prof Francesco Del Galdo	Rheumatology	Biomarkers associated with Raynaud’s for early detection of Connective Tissue disease
69	Prof Francesco Del Galdo	Rheumatology	Multidisciplinary care of Connective Tissue Diseases: Rheumatologist led comprehensive patient care
70	Prof Francesco Del Galdo	Rheumatology	Cold induced Endothelial cell damage as driver of autoimmunity in Systemic Sclerosis : a multiomic approach to organ on chip models
71	Prof Francesco Del Galdo	Rheumatology	AI based scoring of CTD-ILD, a new approach to predict progression
72	Prof Francesco Del Galdo Kulveer Mankia Sinisia Savic Edward Vital	Rheumatology	A new diagnostic test for disease activity in rheumatic disease. LTHT championing for clinical value across Rheumatoid Arthritis, autoimflammatory diseases and Connective Tissue Diseases
73	Dr Rebecca Spencer	Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Maternal/Fetal Medicine	Placental extracellular vesicle cargo as a prognostic marker in severe early-onset fetal growth restriction
74	Dr Rebecca Spencer	Obstetrics and Gynaecology/ Maternal/Fetal Medicine	Placental extracellular vesicles as a non-invasive placental biopsy: comparing the protein and RNA cargo with the placental transcriptome and proteome in the first and third trimesters
75	Dr Rebecca Spencer	Obstetrics and Gynaecology/ Maternal/Fetal Medicine	Longitudinal assessment of maternal anxiety in ‘normal’ and complicated pregnancies
76	Dr Rebecca Spencer	Obstetrics and Gynaecology/ Maternal/Fetal Medicine	Development of new maternal and fetal adverse event terms and standard grading criteria using a modified Delphi approach
77	Dr Rebecca Spencer	Obstetrics and Gynaecology/ Maternal and Fetal Medicine	Retrospective validation of standard maternal and fetal adverse event severity grading criteria using anonymised adverse events from clinical trials in pregnancy
78	Prof Mark Kearney Olly Brown	Cardiology (subspecialty Heart Failure)	How do disease-related changes in microvascular endothelial cells affect the function of adipose tissue?
79	Dr Stuart Currie	Clinical Radiology	Quantitative assessment of glioma using MRI fingerprinting"
80	Prof Adam Glaser Lynne Schofield	Paediatrics	Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia on education outcomes
81	Prof Adam Glaser	Paediatrics	Defining the unmet needs of young people living with and beyond a diagnosis of Sickle Cell disease or Thalassaemia
82	Prof Adam Glaser Prof Richard Feltblower	Paediatrics	Outcomes of Paediatric Intensive Care e.g. impact of socioeconomic factors
83	Prof Adam Glaser	Paediatrics	Addressing the unmet reproductive health needs to childhood cancer survivors
84	Prof Adam Glaser Prof Richard Feltblower	Paediatrics	Toxicity and long-term outcomes following childhood and young adult cancer treatment
85	Prof Jon Dorling Dr Katherine Pettinger	Paediatrics (Neonatology)	Resuscitation of preterm infants with the umbilical cord intact
86	Prof Jon Dorling Dr Katherine Pettinger	Paediatrics (Neonatology)	Pain management for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care
87	Prof Jon Dorling Dr Katherine Pettinger	Paediatrics (Neonatology)	Neurodevelopmental and mental health outcomes following neonatal/childhood intensive care
88	Mr Chris Mannion	Medical Education	The learning of clinical (and/or surgical) skills – deliberate practice and the psychology of coaching.
89	Mr Chris Mannion	Medical Education	Final year medical school – optimising preparation for practice.
90	Mr Chris Mannion	Medical Education	What do school/college students think of medicine as a career.
91	Mr Chris Mannion	Medical Education	Medical school admissions and the selection process for A100 and A101 -Can we improve this for all?
92	Mr Chris Mannion	Medical Education	Portfolio based learning (in undergraduate and Foundation Years) – who does it benefit? A longitundinal study.
	There are additional projects available:-
93	Prof Andy Scarsbrook	Clinical Radiology	Please contact A.F.Scarsbrook@leeds.ac.uk
94	Dr Harriet Wallace	GU Medicine	Please contact harriet.wallace@nhs.net
95	Dr Adele Nightingale	Medical Education	Qualitative research, patient safety, leadership in research/education
96	Dr Andrew Walker	Medical Education	Projects in Digital Education, Team Based learning and Placement Innovation please contact: a.m.n.walker@leeds.ac.uk
97	Dr Valerie Farnsworth	Medical Education	Qualitative research as a tool for deepening our understanding of the factors that shape student experience and/or educator practice, for example around inclusive education, Decolonising the curriculum, student transitions and/or professional identity formation.
98	Dr Naomi Quinton	Medical Education	Qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore inclusive clinical education (for example; gender, disability and intersectionality), motivation for lifelong learning including reflection and understandings about how career choices occur.
99	Dr Jonny Guckian	Medical Education	Qualitative research, technology enhanced learning, professional identity, social media, career pathways. Please contact j.guckian@leeds.ac.uk

Medical Education

Projects and Supervisors

West Yorkshire Rotation: Specialised Foundation Programme in Medical Education

The Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME) is a vibrant environment for learning and teaching with an international profile of excellence. The Institute holds 6 ASPIRE to excellence awards from the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and benefits from a wealth of experience and a strong track record of scholarship in medical pedagogy. Successful candidates will work within the Medical School during a dedicated 4-month FY2 rotation to support teaching across the MBChB course. Specialised Foundation Programme (SFP) Med Ed trainees should have a passion for education and be keen to expand their knowledge and skills in teaching through bespoke training, feedback, and mentoring from experts at the University.

What will I do?

SFP Trainees will teach core elements of the MBChB course during a dedicated 4-month Medical Education FY2 rotation. Sessions will include anatomy demonstrating, practical skills instructing, small group facilitation, communication skills training, lecturing, and bedside teaching. There will also be opportunities to contribute to curriculum development and assessment. Research projects in clinical education will be encouraged and supported with expenses available to present at pedagogic conferences such as AMEE and ASMEE. Examples of key active research themes within the Institute include the digital delivery of teaching, curriculum development, the involvement of students in their education, patients as educational partners, innovation in assessment, and the use of cutting-edge technologies such as Proximie^TMand Hololens^TM in the delivery of teaching. Trainees will have study leave to attend relevant training and CPD opportunities during the F2 year of Foundation Programme post.

Who should apply?

We expect a highly competitive application process for the scheme recruiting high calibre trainees with a passion for education. We hope to attract trainees interested in a career in medical education keen to further their existing knowledge, skills and experience. Successful completion of an SFP in Medical Education will prepare trainees for competitive application to Academic Clinical Fellowships in Medical Education and provide a stepping-stone towards the study of higher degrees in the speciality (Masters, PhD etc).

Is this an official University position?

The SFP Med Ed programme is a valuable opportunity for formal training in and experience of student education within the University of Leeds. A University Visiting Worker ‘honorary’ contract entitles trainees to the use of UoL resources including the Library, CPD courses and online journal access.

What training will I receive?

SFP Med Ed Trainees will receive bespoke training and mentorship from experienced educators within the School of Medicine. Sessions will be focussed on ensuring trainees develop their teaching skills through hands-on practice with peer and expert feedback to improve performance. Successful applicants will receive feedback on their teaching practice over the period of the scheme. Training will include practical skills teaching, small group facilitation, lecturing, online delivery of teaching (hybrid), feedback, and assessment.