BSc (BMedSci) MBChB MRCP (UK)
SCREDS Clinical Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- fiona.clegg@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room 3.20
GI research group
Institute of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
External Memberships
British Society of Gastroenterology
British Association for the Study of the Liver
Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
- Research
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Research Overview
Fiona Clegg is a SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology and commenced a CRANES Fellowship in 2018 "Defining the role of fibroblast growth factor 21 in chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in humans". Her current work focuses on the generation of in vitro models of chronic liver disease states including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, using co-culture, 3D culture and human primary hepatic organoid culture. She has expertise in cell line and organoid culture, antibody production, qPCR and immunohistochemistry.
Research Areas
Nutrition and Health
Research Specialisms
- Clinical Medicine
- Pre-Clinical Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Diabetes
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
Cancer Research Aberdeen North-East Scotland (CRANES) Fellowship £150,000 "Liver Cancer Project" 2018
NHS Grampian Endowments Research Grant £11,999 " Primary human hepatic 3D organoid culture as a new method to study liver disease" 2022
University of Aberdeen Grants Academy SFC Covid-19 Grant Extension and Bridging Fund £35,301 "Characterising the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in hepatocarcinogenesis in humans" 2021
Tenovus Grampian Small Pilot Grant £19,925 "Characterising the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in hepatocarcinogenesis in humans" 2018
Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) @ Abdn Clinical Support Fund £9,970 "Defining the role of FGF21 in chronic liver disease using human 3D hepatic organoid cultures" 2018
- Publications
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Immunodeficiency
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65662-3
- [ONLINE] Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology, Second Edition
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
P615 Rescue infliximab for acute severe colitis: a single-centre experience
14th Congress of ECCO, pp. S424-S424Contributions to Journals: Abstracts21. Gastroenterology
Davidson's Self-assessment in Medicine. Wake, D., Cantley, P. (eds.). 1 edition. Elsevier, pp. 225-244, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMolecular Analysis of the Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Beaulieu, J. (ed.). Humana Press, pp. 139-153, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7765-9_8
PWE-105 Is there a correlation between severity of bile acid malabsorption (BAM) and response to treatment?
British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Annual Meeting 2018, pp. A170Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-BSGAbstracts.339