News 20 October 2025 New UK study finds widespread hidden sensory loss

Groundbreaking research involving eye tests and hearing examinations with more than 500 over-50’s – the first of its kind in the UK – has revealed widespread and largely undetected sensory health issues, prompting urgent calls for…

News 15 October 2025 1,000 newborn samples collected for The Generation Study at UHB

Research colleagues at UHB have recently reached a recruitment milestone in a national study aimed at identifying rare conditions earlier in newborns.  The Generation Study, led by Genomics England in partnership with NHS England, has been…

News 9 October 2025 Birmingham locals to participate in first-of-its-kind study into impact of vaping on respiratory health

Researchers from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) and the University of Birmingham are leading a major new study to explore the potential benefits and harms of vaping on long-term respiratory health. The newly funded…

News 9 October 2025 UHB consultant to Chair National AI Commission shaping the future of healthcare

Prof Alastair Denniston, Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Professor at the University of Birmingham, has been appointed Chair of the newly launched UK National Commission on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence…

News 18 September 2025 Adding cell-based vaccine to liver cancer therapy found to slow cancer progression in patients

A new study has shown that patients with intermediate stage primary liver cancer had longer periods of progression-free survival, meaning their disease did not grow or spread, after receiving a vaccine made from their own immune…

News 18 September 2025 Clinical Research Facility celebrates a year of growth and success

Birmingham’s NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF) has marked another successful year, with thousands of patients and volunteers taking part in pioneering studies that are shaping the future of medicine. Established in 2001, the CRF…

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News 21 August 2025 Head and neck cancer patients in Birmingham to be given access to new cancer vaccine trial

Patients in Birmingham who have advanced head and neck cancers may be eligible to take part in a new clinical trial of a potential cancer vaccine. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS…

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News 5 August 2025 Shaping the future of research through collaboration

Teams at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) recently hosted the first-ever joint NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and UK Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Network conference. The event, held at the International Convention Centre in…

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News 21 July 2025 Professor Fang Gao awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours

Congratulations to Professor Fang Gao, Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia, Critical and Perioperative Care at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), who has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for Services to Anaesthesia.…

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