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07 November 2019
The Respiratory Disorders specialty group held its second industry day earlier this year to celebrate its successes in delivering industry sponsored studies, to share the changes in practice which has led to better performance and to open the discussion with industry colleagues around some of the challenges facing the delivery of respiratory clinical trials in the UK such as Brexit.
07 November 2019
A new treatment for pregnant women at high risk of preterm birth can prevent both very preterm birth and death of babies, a clinical trial supported by the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London has found.
05 November 2019
NIHR-funded researchers have launched a new four-year study aiming to enhance how researchers and health and social care services can use existing data to improve the care and quality of life for care home residents, families and staff.
04 November 2019
The NIHR has invested £34 million of funding into global health research projects to tackle epilepsy, infection-related cancers and severe stigmatising skin diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
04 November 2019
New subtypes of cells linked to liver disease have been discovered by researchers at the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Birmingham BRC.
04 November 2019
NIHR-funded research shows that food sold at restaurants whose menus display energy information is lower in fat and salt than food sold at their competitors.
01 November 2019
NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) competition is underway to establish five new NHS Patient Recruitment Centres which are set to shape the future of commercial clinical trials in the NHS.
31 October 2019
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) have won the Nursing Times award for Clinical Research Nursing.
31 October 2019
NIHR Global Health Research Programme and led by researchers from Kings College London, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School are putting podoconiosis in the spotlight.
30 October 2019
The NIHR has reaffirmed its commitment to rigorous standards in health and care research by signing up to the revised Concordat to Support Research Integrity.
30 October 2019
NIHR-funded researchers have won a prestigious research award after a judging panel selected their trial investigating whether emollient bath additives are helpful for children with eczema for the accolade.
29 October 2019
New analysis has shown that stroke studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) have a high proportion of female Chief Investigators - including those in the early stage of their research careers.
28 October 2019
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network is pleased to announce the winners of the research awards run in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). These awards, for members of RCGP, recognise research active NHS GPs and general practices that are demonstrating excellence and innovation in delivering NIHR research.
25 October 2019
The Nursing and Midwifery Incubator has been designed to support all nurses and midwives who hope to develop as researchers, access NIHR and HEE funded research training, and ultimately, design and lead their own clinical research studies.
24 October 2019
We have joined forces with the MRC to invest over £6m in five implementation science projects focused on tackling diabetes and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
22 October 2019
The number of participants in health and social care research studies supported by the NIHR has increased by more than 20% to top one million for the first time.
18 October 2019
Learning about research has never been easier with NIHR's new online course
17 October 2019
The NIHR has joined forces with NHS England and NHS Improvement to launch a new open competition to designate the next round of Academic Health Science Centres in England.
16 October 2019
NIHR Clinical Research Network support for clinical research contributes to the UK economy, creates jobs and generates income for the NHS, a new report shows.
16 October 2019
Representatives from the life science industry and NHS R&D (Research and Development) teams are invited to find out about the National Contract Value Review Process (single contract review process) for commercial contract research within the NHS, by attending a half hour webinar.
15 October 2019
A low cost and widely available drug could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20%, depending on the severity of injury, a major global study funded by NIHR has found.
08 October 2019
A review of published evidence has found 20mph ‘zones’ to be effective in reducing the number and severity of traffic collisions and casualties.
07 October 2019
Applications are now open for the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship.
04 October 2019
The NIHR is today announcing the start of an exciting new campaign, Your Path in Research, which coincides with the birthday of James Lind. The campaign aims to inspire health care professionals to get more involved in research.
03 October 2019
A new NIHR-funded study is set to help improve care for people using opioids for long-term pain, by testing a way to train pharmacists to support these patients.