Research Grants

The Society as one of its aims assists research projects. Previous awards are listed below. The Society's research strategy is decided by the Research Committee under the chairmanship of Prof J Sandy.

Jonathan R. Sandy PhD M'orth FDS
Dept of Orthodontics
Bristol Dental Hospital
Lower Maudlin Street
BRISTOL
Avon
BS1 2LY
UK

Telephone: 0117 9284356
Fax: 0117 9299898

Past successful applicants include the following projects, which attracted between £204 and £7500 funding.

Year
Project
2002-03 Miss IS Hoult & Mr NSG Mercer, Bristol Re-evaluating the nerve supply of the human palate. Aims: To investigate the sensory and motor innervations of the soft and hard palate and to map the distribution of the nerves. Arterial studies have shown that the predominant supply is from the ascending palatine artery and not the lesser palatine artery as previously described - as nerves usually run with the vascular supply to an area the innervation may also differ. The study will be of microscopic dissections of human cadaver tissue and digital imaging to produce a composite map of the pathways of nerves in the palate.
Dr M Bellew, Ms J Robinson & Ms J Haworth, Leeds. Exploring risk factors for psychosocial problems in cleft affected children. Aims: To identify the incidence of psychosocial problems in cleft affected children and to identify any relevant risk factors. 100 cleft affected children aged 10-16 yrs will be assessed on 8 psychosocial outcome measures and the results statistically analysed.
2001-02 Mr N Brown, Jonathon Sandy, Prof. of Orthodontics, Gene chip arrays and normal palate development.
Miss V Pereira, Dr D Sell, Mr R Evans, Mr D Dunaway, An investigation into the major midface advancement on speech, velopharyngeal function and airway problems with craniofacial anomaly.
Mr B Richards, Mr B Bryson, Dr J Russell, Miss S McMahon, Encouragement in surgery, training and data collection in Pokhara, Nepal.
2000-01 Cheryl Longman, SpR in Clinical Genetics, Glasgow. Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Dysplasia: Recurrence risks to Sibs and Offspring.
Rosemary Wyatt, S & L T. Further analysis of data collected during a randomised surgical trial comparing pharyngeal flap and sphincter pharyngoplasty.
Felicity Mehendale, Plastic Surgery. Development of a technique for measuring 3 dimensional parameters of dental models in unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) patients and its use in further studies.
1999-2000 Katy Willis, S & L T, St George's Hospital. Videos for feeding/bonding research. Abstract in Newsletter 2001.
Jonathan Britto, Sp R in Plastic Surgery & Jason Neil-Dwyer, Craniofacial Fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital. The role of transcription factor TWIST in the development of the cranium and craniosynostosis. Abstract in Newsletter 2001.
Kenneth Sneddon, Senior Registrar in Maxillofacial Surgery & Peter Ward-Booth, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, East Grinstead Hospital. 3D Surface scanning in Cleft Lip and Palate.
1998-99 Mr Tariq Ahmad, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Chidren, Edinburgh. Detecting sub-microscopic chromosomal deletions in children with oro-facial clefts and hearing difficulty. Abstract published in Newsletter 2000.
1997-98 Dr Peter Mossey & Mr John D Clark, Dept. of Orthodontics, Dundee Dental School and Perth Royal infirmary. Validation of the Scottish Association for Cleft Lip And Palate database Abstract published in Newsletter 2000.

Miss Alison C Williams, Senior Registrar Orthodontics, United Bristol Healthcare Trust. Current status of cleft care in South West Australia. This work contributed to a number of papers
Editorial in the Medical Journal of Australia. Healthcare services for low-incidence anomalies.2000 172 (March) 201-202
Outcomes of cleft care in Western Australia: A pilot study Williams AC et al. Australian Dental Journal 2001 46 (1) 32-36
Initial cleft size does not correlate with outcome in unilateral cleft lip and palate. Johnson N Williams AC et al European Journal of Orthodontics 2000 22 93-100
Dento-alveolar relations in children born with unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate (UCLP) in Western Australia Johnson N Williams AC et al. Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal 2000 37 (1) 12-16
1996-97 Miss Jennifer Nayak, S & LT, Great Ormond Street - Speech and nasopharyngoscopy results of Sri Lankan unilateral cleft lip and palate subjects with different timings of palate surgery. Abstract published at the Oxford conference.
Mr D R Young, Senior Registrar Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital. - Pulsed electrostimulation of masseter muscle. Abstract published in Newsletter 1998.