Professor Siân Griffin

Health and Care Research Wales funding award:  

Award: NHS Research Time Award (April 2016 - March 2019)

Project title: Perform a detailed immunophenotyping and bio marker analysis of patients who are sensitised

Professor Griffin is an established general and transplant nephrologist, with broad clinical experience of the management of patients with immunologically-mediated kidney disease and kidney transplantation (including vasculitis, lupus nephritis and glomerulonephritis; living donor assessment and histocompatibility and immunogenetics). She qualified from Cambridge University and subsequently completed her clinical and research training in Cambridge, London, Melbourne and Seattle. She has extensive experience of phase 2 and 3 clinical trials as chief and principal investigator, trial management and data monitoring for both investigator-led and commercial studies.

She is the Wales Kidney Research Unit Lead for late phase trials, and established the Kidney Transplant Immune Response biobank in Cardiff. She is the previous General Secretary of the British Transplantation Society.  

Recent awards:

• Project Grant (co-applicant), Failing Kidney Transplant Outcomes Registry analysis (FAKTOR) (Kidney Research UK) 2024 – 2026
• PhD studentship (co-applicant), Investigating nutritional amino acid regulation of antiviral immunity in kidney transplant recipients (Kidney Research UK) 2023 – 2026
• Project Grant (co-applicant), Investigating the experiences and management of individuals with failing kidney transplants: preparation for a Randomised Controlled Trial (IN-FAKT) (NIHR RfPB programme) 2022 – 2025
• Project Grant (co-applicant), Identification of risk factors for HCMV disease in kidney transplant recipients (Kidney Research UK) 2022 – 2025
• PhD studentship (co-applicant), Cytokine immune regulation in HCMV-infected Kidney Transplant Recipients (Kidney Research UK) 2021 – 2024
• Project Grant (co-applicant), Engaging and supporting women with Chronic Kidney Disease with pre-conception decision-making (including their experiences of COVID 19): A mixed-methods study (CKD-ENGAGE) (British Renal Society) 2020 – 2021
• Project Grant, Improving Transplant Opportunities for Patients who are Sensitised (Kidney Research UK) 2017 - 2021
• ORCID 0000-0001-5860-9036

In the news: 

Health and Care Research Wales invests in leaders across Wales to shape the research of the future (April 2022)

Welsh high-risk kidney patients part of new COVID study (September 2021)