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29 March 2019
UHB staff awarded prestigious research Fellowships to improve patient care
Two members of staff at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) will begin their NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF) this month. Supported by the UHB Integrated Clinical Academic Team, Lisa Shepherd and Nicola…
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26 March 2019
UHB is leading UK recruiter to liver trial
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is the joint leading recruiter across the United Kingdom into an international research trial that could change how liver operations are performed worldwide. A team of surgeons, anaesthetists…
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25 March 2019
Could heart drug help lung disease patients?
Drugs traditionally used to treat blood pressure and heart disease are to be given to lung disease patients to see if they can be beneficial, in a trial coordinated by the University of Aberdeen. Chronic…
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12 March 2019
Tom Wride – research and racquets
A 5am training session, a day in the office auditing clinical trials at UHB and then an evening session in the gym is the sort of regime and discipline that has taken Tom Wride to…
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12 March 2019
NIHR SRMRC Holds Research Showcase alongside UoB’s Launch of New Centre for Trauma Sciences Research
The launch of the University of Birmingham’s (UoB) new Centre for Trauma Sciences (CTSR) took place on 26th March and was combined with the exciting Show and Tell event for the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology…
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05 March 2019
Healthcare Science Day – 6th March 2019
On 6th March 2019, healthcare scientists at UHB will demonstrate the huge range of roles and careers available in the NHS to local schools, patients and the public. The annual Healthcare Science event will be…
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27 February 2019
Could MDTEC help you?
The Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) met with local MedTech Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) companies at a recent event to showcase the facilities, expertise and assistance that the Centre provides. MD-TEC Connect…
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12 February 2019
Endocrine nurse specialist collects research awards
A senior clinical nurse specialist in the endocrine team at QEHB has collected two distinctive awards at the most recent annual British Endocrine Society conference, where she also presented her work. Chona Feliciano was the only nurse…
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11 February 2019
World-leading trial for rare disease patient
A patient at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of just four people in the UK taking part in a worldwide clinical trial for Pompe disease, a rare, genetically inherited condition affecting…
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11 February 2019
World first for gene therapy trial patient
A patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) was the first person in the world to take part in a pioneering gene therapy trial for his rare disease. Simon Smith, 45, was diagnosed with…