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Professor Alan Stitt

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Alan Stitt

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Stitt’s research programme is focused on pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy and age-related retinal disease and the inter-related pathways involved in neuroglial and microvascular dysfunction.

With a network of local, national and international collaborative partners, Professor Stitt is interested in vascular homeostasis and also approaches to re-vascularise ischaemic retina.  His group have pioneered the use of vascular stem cells as novel therapeutics to treat retinal disease and other microvascular complications of diabetes. 

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 6456, +44 (0)28 906 32546 / 906 32729, +44 (0)28 9097 2299

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Harnessing ECFCs to repair choriocapillaris during geographic atrophy
  • The role of the placental growth factor pathway in age-related retinal disease
  • Metabolic plasticity of retinal cells in ischaemia and the potential to regulate physiological angiogenesis
  • Identifying key molecular mechanisms underpinning ECFC dysfunction in diabetic microvascular disease.
  • Development of vascular stem cell therapy for ischaemic retinopathy
  • Combinatorial cell therapy for reversing tissue ischaemia
  • The potential of iPS cell technology to understand mechanisms underpinning patient responsiveness to anti-VEGF agents for diabetic macular oedema

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Diabetes related blindness
  • THE DNA OF INNOVATION: VOLUME VI
  • THE DNA OF INNOVATION: VOLUME II

Research students

PhD Title Characterization of oedema-induced pathology and microvascular remodelling in a unique model of diabetic retinopathy
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  Premature vascular senescence during diabetic retinopathy
Country  Italy
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title The role of EPO analogues in preventing neurovascular degeneration in diabetic retinopathy
Country Ireland
Current Position  Roche, Switzerland
   
PhD Title  Role of adanced glycation in diabetic retinopathy
Country  Ireland
Current Position  Associate Professor, USA
   
PhD Title Role of myeloid angiogenic cells in diabetic vascular disease
Country NI
Current Position  Post doc

 

 


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