Precision Medicine Alliance Scotland

The Precision Medicine Alliance Scotland (PMAS) delivers on a Programme for Government commitment. The strategic aim of PMAS is to stimulate research and delivery in the NHS of Precision Medicine approaches to the treatment and management of health conditions of major importance in Scotland, including diseases that disproportionately impact those at risk of socioeconomic disadvantage.

The Scottish Government launched the PMAS funding call 27 May 2021, which was open for application from Scottish-led researchers. Following an independent expert review process 4 projects were funded with a total investment of nearly £10 million over 4 years.

Details of funded projects can be found below.

CodeTitleFellow/PIOrganisationFunding AmountAbstractFinal Summary
PMAS/21/01The iDiabetes Platform: Enhanced Phenotyping of patients with diabetes for Precision Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment.Professor Ewan PearsonNHS Tayside£2,810,386PMAS/21/01 AbstractProject Active
PMAS/21/06Precision-MS: Integrating precision metrics of brain health into early treatment of multiple sclerosis.Professor David HuntNHS Lothian£1,947,038PMAS/21/06 AbstractProject Active
PMAS/21/07Centre for Precision Cell Therapy for the Liver.Professor Stuart ForbesNHS Lothian£2,197,164PMAS/21/07 AbstractProject Active
PMAS/21/08Time critical precision medicine for acute critical illness using treatable trait principles: Data enabled adaptive platform trial with embedded biological characterisation [TRAITS Program].Professor Manu Shankar-HariNHS Lothian£2,795,158PMAS/21/08 AbstractProject Active