Manon Savage

Thesis title: Mathematical modeling of pancreatic islet behaviour for the improvement of islet transplants in Type 1 Diabetes

Biography

Background

First-year PhD student on the MRC-funded Precision Medicine DTP programme at the University of Edinburgh.

Qualifications

BSc Natural Sciences, Loughborough University (2024)

MSc Modelling for Global Health, Oxford University (2025)

Research summary

Mathematical modeling is a key tool in the advancement of medical research, offering a framework to explore complex biological systems and predict their behaviour. My PhD research applies these methods to pancreatic islets, with the goal of improving transplantation outcomes for patients with Type 1 Diabetes.

Past research interests

MSc research project investigating the impact of a model-based decision support tool for informing policy change in the management of malnutrition. This work involved modifying and updating a freely accessible dashboard to enable policymakers to interact with a decision tree-based model, allowing them to identify the most appropriate malnutrition treatment framework for their context.
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