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24 September 2018
Student nurses learn about genomics with 100k team
Two student nurses recently completed a nursing elective with the West Midlands Genomic Medicine Centre (WMGMC). Chloe Pamely and Naseem Hussain shadowed staff for two weeks across sites involved with the WMGMC, including the Queen…
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17 September 2018
Clinical Scientist at UHB taking part in prestigious national programme
Dr Geoff Heyes, Lead Cyberknife Clinical Scientist at UHB, will take part in the prestigious Chief Scientific Officer’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership for Leaders in Healthcare Science programme. The 12 month development programme aims to improve…
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16 August 2018
ICU Chat – first stage of trials now complete
The first stage of trials for a new communications system for people recovering and being treated in Critical Care Unit (CCU), has now come to an end. The system, called ICU Chat, was inspired and…
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09 August 2018
Project launches to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering and physical sciences
The University of Birmingham has been awarded a slice of £5.5 million funding for a project to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering and physical sciences. Birmingham is one of 11 universities that have…
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08 August 2018
QEHB’s Haematology Research team win national award for their work on clinical trials
The Haematology Research team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), were recently recognised for their work on commercial trials. Biruk Asfaw, Haematology Senior Research Nurse, and…
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07 August 2018
Sarah has mastectomy thanks to increased genomic knowledge
A cancer patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) recently had a voluntary mastectomy, after receiving results from a pioneering genetic project. Sarah Crozier, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2017 and…
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06 August 2018
Research Project Manager raising funds for QEHB charity
On 27 October James Webley and Charlotte Radovanovic, an Ophthalmology Research Project Manager at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, will climb the gruelling height of Mount Everest Base Camp in memory of past and present veterans…
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06 August 2018
Innovative Image Sharing Platform wins at WMAHSN awards
An image sharing system that is radically changing how clinical images are accessed won Digital or Artificial Intelligence Innovation of the Year at the recent West Midlands Academic Health Science Network Celebration of Innovation Awards.…
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02 August 2018
Ground-breaking study tests whether rejected livers can be made viable for transplantation
A ground-breaking study is underway at the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham to establish if livers that have been rejected for transplantation can be made viable by using a liver perfusion machine.…
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02 August 2018
New study aims to discover if kidney transplants reverse heart damage in patients with chronic kidney disease
Consultants at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) are leading a new clinical trial to discover whether kidney transplants can reverse the heart and blood circulation damage that is often caused by chronic kidney disease.…