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02 March 2020
A Day in the Life of… Colin Bergin
A new initiative at the NIHR SRMRC, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, is to give people an insight in to what different members of our team do on a day-to-day basis. It is…
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25 February 2020
A Day in The Life of… Dr Kamal Yakoub
An initiative here at the NIHR SRMRC is to give people an insight in to what different members of our team do on a day-to-day basis. It is our hope that with this people can…
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25 February 2020
The Trauma Landscape – #WhyWeDoResearch
The face of trauma and emergency medicine is undeniably changing. Between 2008 and 2017, there were almost 250,000 major trauma cases in the NHS – and the complexity of cases has increased for a number…
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20 February 2020
Birmingham named one of just six new Life Sciences Opportunity Zones
The Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem – which will soon begin construction of Birmingham Life Sciences Park – has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).…
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12 February 2020
Pioneering Research wins prestigious award
The Scar Free Foundation has been awarded The Sun’s Military Award, “The Millie”, in Innovation. The award recognises the unique partnership between the Foundation and the CASEVAC Club for the pioneering research underway at The…
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12 February 2020
Rheumatology registrar awarded multi-million pound fellowship to develop research
Dr Adam Croft, an honorary Specialist Registrar at UHB and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, has recently been awarded £2.5 million funding by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research to develop his…
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05 February 2020
MW-ATTC develop new resources for healthcare professionals
The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network have recently developed training materials for staff in the NHS and beyond working in the excitng new field of advanced therapies. A logistics video, explaining the process for transporting…
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31 January 2020
First phase of online tool allows researchers to discover information on over 400 UK health datasets
Health Data Research UK have recently unveiled the first phase of its Innovation Gateway portal that provides information about over 400 health datasets across the UK. It is being created to support UK health research…
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17 December 2019
Findings of ground-breaking new surgical trial on mouth cancer published
Findings recently published in the British Journal of Cancer show that removing the neck glands of patients at the same time as removing their small cancer in the mouth significantly improves their chances of cure.…
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17 December 2019
Innovative heart operation takes place at UHB
A patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has recently undergone a novel procedure, thanks to the skill and expertise of cardiac staff at the Trust. Keith Eversham, aged 72, had a heart attack…