Latest blog posts
Two years ago, the NIHR committed to strengthening our work with patients and the public, via the Shared Committment. Since then, we have made huge strides in improving digital engagement.
Dr Maria Koufali, Head of the UK Vaccine Innovation Pathway, outlines how the UK's is expanding its vaccine research potential.
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26 February 2024
How Wikipedia can help to disseminate research: an innovative NIHR project
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05 February 2024
Two NIHR-funded researchers write about how NIHR funding has contributed to the implementation of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered ‘smart stethoscope’. They discuss how this may benefit patients, the public and GPs, in addition to how their roles as clinical academics helped them to deploy the technology.
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30 January 2024
Find out how the NIHR aims to attract, train and support the best health and care researchers to tackle the challenges of the future.
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26 January 2024
Our CEO reflects on her visit to India in September 2023, where she met research teams working on NIHR's Global Health research.
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17 January 2024
As we publish a statement of intent highlighting our commitment to ensuring sex and gender are fully accounted for in research, find out how NIHR is working towards reducing long-standing inequalities in health and care research.
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11 December 2023
Prof. Kara Hanson, NIHR's new Programme Director for Global Health Research, reflects on achievements to date, and sets out her priorities for the future.
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22 November 2023
This blog discusses NIHR’s new approach to evidencing how we are benefiting patients, the public and the economy.
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01 November 2023
Discover the key principles of an excellent application for the NIHR Advanced Fellowship and what the funding committee looks for when shortlisting.
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01 November 2023
Professor Marian Knight, new Director of Programme Grants for Applied Research, updates us on her plans for the programme over the next year.
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19 October 2023
Dr Esther Mukuka, NIHR Head of Research Inclusion and Dr Habib Navqi, NHS Race and Health Observatory (NHS RHO) Chief Executive Officer, explain how the NIHR and NHS RHO will support further action to tackle health inequalities.
Discover how the NIHR Journal's threaded publication model will impact how research is shared.
Diversity and inclusion in research is crucial in an era of precision medicine, writes Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Director of NIHR ARC East Midlands
To celebrate Carers Week we highlight the role of people who care for friends and family in health and social care research
Dr Pippa Corrie, NIHR Specialty Lead for Late Phase and International Cancer Trials, explains why the National Contract Value Review process is a win-win situation.
Professor Cathy Creswell from ARC Oxford and Thames Valley explains how the NIHR is tackling the mental health challenges of the next decade
Best practice guidance on fellowship applications from the selection committee chair.
Research Inclusion in health and care: An Asian Women's perspective
Professor Lucy Chappell explains what Reset has achieved so far and the work still to do, to ensure that the UK has a thriving and diverse portfolio across the health and care system
Dr Gail Marzetti discusses the best ways to address the under-representation of women across health and care research.
How could researchers make health research and information accessible for everyone? Find out in this blog from Prof Lindsay Bearne and Dr Helen Baxter.
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03 February 2023
We’ve made significant progress in improving how we work with patients and the public, but we need to work harder to reach out to communities if we want to make research truly inclusive.
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26 January 2023
Professor Mala Rao OBE established the Ethnicity and Health Unit, under the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, at Imperial College London and NIHR ARC Northwest London to apply an evidence-based approach to addressing ethnic health inequalities. In this blog she explores the scale of the problem in the research arena and issues a rallying call for action.
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13 December 2022
Professor Mike Lewis, Director of NIHR's Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme, reflects on this year’s FAST funding pilot and the projects it’s funded.
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05 December 2022