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Professor Frank Burke leads the Research Team within the Department. Prof Burke works Melanie Arundell, who is the Research & Postgraduate Managers. She is supported by Audrey Parks and Stefania Wigelsworth, Research & Postgraduate Secretaries. The current research registrar is Mark Swindells and we have 3 therapists actively involved in research projects : Victoria Jansen , Nicola Hands and Emma Walker. The Pulvertaft Hand Centre has worked on a collaborative project with the Curtis Hand Centre in Baltimore and is currently working with both the Curtis Hand Centre in Baltimore and the University of Michigan on a project involving rheumatoid disease.
Tommy Lindau is collaborating with the University of Manchester on a project looking into the genetics of Dupuytrens disease. For more information about this study, please go to the Patient Information section.
Acute Fractures of the Scaphoid
A project is currently at the planning stage that will investigate acute fractures of the scaphoid bone. For details of the proposal, click on the link below.
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