Lower GI

Our work is focused on intestinal inflammation caused by interaction of the gut with microbes. This includes both acute gastroenteritis especially Campylobacter jejuni as well as Clostridium difficile whose overgrowth caused by antibiotic use is such an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalised patients. We are also studying diseases characterised by inflammation due to breaches in the gut barrier leading to interaction of gut microbiota and host immune system. These include acute diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

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	Professor Robin Spiller	Robin's main interest is in the pathophysiology of functional GI diseases, particularly focusing on the role of infection and inflammation and alterations in serotonin metabolism in the irritable bowel syndrome. He has twice edited the British Society of…
	Professor Christopher Hawkey	Christopher Hawkey is Professor of Gastroenterology at the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre. His main interests are in the field of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and inflammatory bowel disease. In both areas his approach is to try to identify…
	Professor Nigel Minton	Nigel is a relative newcomer to academia. He established the Clostridia Research Group (CRG) in 2004, following 25 years of service in the applied environment of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (CAMR), Porton Down. At CAMR he fulfilled a…
	Professor Yash Mahida
	Dr Maura Corsetti	Dr Maura Corsetti is a Clinical Associate Professor in Gastroenterology at the University of Nottingham. She obtained her Specialization (2000) and PhD (2004) at the "Universita' degli Studi di Milano", Italy. During her PhD she worked for two years…
	Dr Luca Marciani	I graduated in Physics at the University of Genoa in Italy. I then worked in Milan and London before joining the University of Nottingham, where I was awarded my PhD in Physics. Following a series of multi-disciplinary research contracts and Fellowships…
	Dr Gordon Moran	Dr Moran did his undergraduate medical training at University of Malta Medical School and was awarded an MD in 1999. He completed his basic postgraduate training at St. Luke's Hospital in Malta and gained membership of the Royal College of Physicians of…
	Dr Giles Major	I am interested in the interaction between diet, the gut microbiota and intestinal physiology, and how these interactions affect digestive symptoms and disease. I am part of the University of Nottingham GI MRI research group. We use novel magnetic…
	Dr Tanya Monaghan	Dr Monaghan came to Nottingham in 2006 and took up the position as the first NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology. Alongside clinical training, she worked in the laboratory of Professor Yash Mahida. She was subsequently awarded a Wellcome…
	Shanthi Krishnasamy
	Gita Thapaliya
	Dr Victoria Wilkinson-Smith
	Helen Foreman
	Jill Garratt
	Shellie Radford