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17 January 2019

Premier League footballers participate in new ground-breaking concussion study

The University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) have launched a new study funded by The Drake Foundation to review and potentially enhance concussion diagnosis in football. This new study, supported…
16 January 2019

More donor livers could be used for transplantation thanks to an exciting new development, trialled at UHB, NICE says.

Thanks to the work of the liver transplant research team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) and the University of Birmingham, a procedure now assessed by NICE, has been hailed as an “exciting…
09 January 2019

Birmingham scientist awarded £500,000 to investigate new blood test which could speed up diagnosis of bowel cancer

A UHB Honorary Consultant and leading University of Birmingham scientist has been awarded a £500,000 grant from Cancer Research UK to investigate whether a new blood-based screening test could detect bowel cancer earlier. Professor Ian…
02 January 2019

Funding awarded for innovative product that will transform ostomy care

Ostique Ltd, working with the ERDF-funded Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC), NIHR Trauma Management MedTec Co-operative (Trauma MIC), Bowel & Cancer Research (BCR) and Cambridge Design Partnership, the technology and product design firm,…
17 December 2018

Cystic Fibrosis research all ‘on time and on target’ at Heartlands

Recruiting patients and volunteers to take part in medical trials can be one of the toughest aspects of getting a trial up and running for researchers. The cystic fibrosis (CF) team at Heartlands Hospital…
04 December 2018

Birmingham to lead brain cancer study in memory of Tessa Jowell

Significant funding of up to £2.8m from The Brain Tumour Charity has been awarded to a Birmingham researcher for a major study named in memory of the late Baroness Jowell. The Tessa Jowell BRAIN-MATRIX trial…
04 December 2018

Birmingham to lead ground-breaking research into patient experience of cell therapies

Birmingham health researchers, with industry partners including health technology companies Dignio and Datatrial, have been awarded £1.1 million by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)’s Innovate UK fund, to investigate patients’ experience of cell and gene…
27 November 2018

New diabetes drug in trials at UHB – recruits wanted.

Researchers from the Diabetes Research Unit and the Clinical Research Facility at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are currently recruiting patients with type 1 diabetes to a trial for a new drug which could change the…
23 November 2018

Final families recruited to genomics project before move into routine NHS care

Thousands of people across the West Midlands have taken part in a pioneering NHS research project. The 100,000 Genomes Project could provide genetic diagnoses for some people, and could lead to personalised treatments in the…
22 November 2018

QEHB research manager braves Everest trek in aid of charity

Flying the flag for the QEHB Charity, Charlotte Radovanovic, Ophthalmology Research Project Manager at UHB, and her partner James Webley, recently completed a challenge of a lifetime, culminating in an Armistice Day service at the…