Staff Profile
Dr Laura Lane
Clinical Research Fellow
- Email: laura.lane@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: Translational and Clinical Research Institute
Central Pkwy,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 3BZ
Research
Current work:
'Study of Predicting Remission In Graves' disease'
'Symptomatic glucocorticoid induced adrenal suppression in the United Kingdom and Ireland'
Research grants:
- October 2018: Joint Research Committee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (£15,000). Co-investigator on British Paediatric Surveillance Unit study, "Symptomatic glucocorticoid induced adrenal suppression in the United Kingdom and Ireland"
- September 2018: MRC Clinical Research Fellowship (£221,624), PhD, "Molecular determinants of immune tolerance in Graves' disease"
Teaching
- Paediatric endocrinology and diabetes registrar regional teaching
- Teaching and supervision of students in the laboratory at the Translational and Clinical Research Institute
- Regular teaching of junior doctors and medical students throughout my clinical work
- Regular local departmental teaching and journal club presentations
- Postgraduate OSCE examiner for medical students
Publications
- Wood CL, Lane LC, Cheetham T. Puberty: Normal physiology (brief overview). Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2019, 33(3), 101265.
- Lane LC, Allinson KR, Campbell K, Bhatnagar I, Ingoe L, Razvi S, Cheetham T, Cordell HJ, Pearce SH, Mitchell AL. Analysis of BAFF gene polymorphisms in UK Graves' disease patients. Clinical Endocrinology 2018, 90(1), 170-174.
- Lane LC, Flowers J, Johnstone H, Cheetham T. Adult height in patients with familial male-limited precocious puberty and the role of an aromatase inhibitor in patient management. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 2018, 31(5), 551-560.
- Cheetham T, Lane L. Graves' disease. Time to move on. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018, 103(7), 627-628.
- Lane LC, Flowers J, Cheetham T. Adult height in patients with testotoxicosis. In: 45th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. 2017, Newcastle: BioScientifica Ltd.
- Lane LC, Cronin S, Hodgson L, Harris J, Floreza D, Kerr C, Swan N. An audit of paediatric obesity in secondary care. In: 45th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. 2017, BioScientifica Ltd: Newcastle.
- Lane LC, Allinson K, Cordell HJ, Mitchell AL, Pearce S. Association of a promoter BAFF polymorphism in Graves' disease. In: Society for Endocrinology BES 2017. 2017, Harrogate: BioScientifica Ltd.
- Lane LC, Petros P, Pearce SHS. Novel Immunomodulatory Treatment Modalities. In: Wiersinga, W.M. (Amsterdam) Kahaly, G.J. (Mainz), ed. Graves' Orbitopathy: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Questions and Answers. Basel: Karger, 2017, pp.177-192.
- Cheetham T, Lane LC. Who needs thyroid function testing at birth?. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2017, 102(3), 212-215.
- Lane LC, Cheetham T. Congenital hypothyroidism - what's new?. Paediatrics and Child Health 2015, 25(7), 302-307.
- Lane L, Prudon S, Cheetham T, Powell S. Acute neonatal respiratory distress caused by a lingual thyroid: the role of nasendoscopy and medical treatment. Journal of Laryngology & Otology 2015, 129(4), 403-405.