Monthly Archives: January 2018

  • 30 January 2018

    Pioneering trial could cure haemophilia

    The haematology team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), in partnership with colleagues at the NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF), has recently worked on a national study that could potentially cure…

  • 24 January 2018

    NIHR Webinar on Clinical Academic Careers

    Wednesday January 24, 1-2 pm The NIHR develops and supports the people who conduct and contribute to health research and equally supports the training of the next generation of health researchers. NIHR training programmes provide a unique…

  • 22 January 2018

    MD-TEC Grand Opening is great success

    The new Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) had its grand opening on 17 January 2018. The event, held at the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), featured a tour of the facilities, speeches by…

  • 19 January 2018

    QEHB Doctor wins national research prize

    Dr Charlotte Small, a Specialty Trainee in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), is amongst the winners of a national prize for clinical research. The National Institute for Health…

  • 17 January 2018

    Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) Opening

    Wednesday 17 January Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham The grand opening of the new Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) will take place on Wednesday 17 January 2018. The event will feature a…

  • 08 January 2018

    Huntington’s disease breakthrough

    Researchers in Birmingham are part of a global trial that has been described as the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases in 50 years. The first in-human trial of IONIS-HTTRx, a drug for those with Huntington’s…