Addenbrooke’s doctor, Nurulamin Noor, has been awarded the Young Gastroenterologist of the Year prize by the British Gastroenterology Society (BSG). It recognises his contributions to gastroenterology, including research helping to establish a new standard of care treatment strategy for people living with Crohn’s disease.
Dr Noor joined Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) in 2014 as an Academic Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology. Gastroenterologists specialise in diseases of the digestive system, and Dr Noor’s research specifically focuses on Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (opens in a new tab) (IBD).
Since joining CUH, Dr Noor has made significant contributions to both clinical care and research. He was a key researcher on the PROFILE trial, which showed that providing early therapy to people newly-diagnosed with active Crohn’s disease can dramatically improve outcomes.
It’s a real honour to have our work and my contributions recognised by peers and colleagues from the BSG; one of the leading organisations for gastroenterology globally. I am indebted to supervisors, mentors and all the inspirational colleagues worked with over the years here at CUH.
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
Patients treated with this approach typically reported a better quality of life and experienced fewer periods of severe symptoms known as ‘flares’. These patients were also less likely to be admitted to hospital or to require urgent abdominal surgery.
The results of the trial have already helped to shape several national and international guidelines worldwide.
Dr Noor is already a multi-award winner with a shining career. Earlier this year he was presented with an early-career research award by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), named Researcher of the Year at the Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards. He has also previously received a Royal College of Physicians’/NIHR research award.
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, consultant gastroenterologist at CUH, Director of the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Chief Investigator of the PROFILE trial
Dr Noor was presented with this latest award on Tuesday (24th June 2025) at the BSG’s annual congress (opens in a new tab) being held in Glasgow.
The PROFILE trial was sponsored by CUH and the University of Cambridge. It 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.