Dr Nuru Noor named Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2025

This prestigious award is designed to identify and promote talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. 

Dr Noor’s award recognises his work on the PROFILE trial, which is the earliest “early treatment” clinical trial ever conducted for people with newly-diagnosed Crohn’s disease. The trial 'sets global standard' for treating this life-long condition, showing that early treatment straight after diagnosis can dramatically reduce flares, hospitalisations, urgent abdominal surgeries, and improve quality of life for patients. 

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It’s a real honour to have our work and my contributions recognised by peers and colleagues from our national society, which is one of the leading organisations for gastroenterology globally. I am indebted to supervisors, mentors, and all the inspirational colleagues I worked with over the years here in Cambridge. The work we have done on PROFILE has real potential to change the lives of people newly-diagnosed with Crohn’s disease around the world. In particular, I am very grateful to everyone who worked with us on PROFLE and to all the patients that took part. It is very moving to know you’ve worked on something that will make a real difference to patients both now and for many years to come.   Dr Nurulamin Noor

PROFILE was led by Professor Miles Parkes, Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre at Addenbrooke’s. Sponsored by CUH and the University of Cambridge, PROFILE recruited almost 400 patients from 40 hospitals across the UK and was supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network.

Congratulations to Nuru. PROFILE is a trial with real transformational potential for our field. It has been a pleasure to work with Nuru on this project and to support his development as a talented young clinician scientist. Professor Miles Parkes

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