15 August 2019
CRN Gastroenterology Specialty in partnership with Crohn's and Colitis UK are hosting the second Patient Involvement in Research Day on Saturday 7 September 2019. It's being held in Manchester and it's a fantastic opportunity for anyone with Crohn's or Colitis aged 18 or over, to take part in research!
14 August 2019
The first ever large-scale research into attitudes towards emergency care from the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey - carried out by The National Centre for Social Research and funded by the NIHR has revealed significant differences in perspectives by a range of socio-demographic factors, such as area deprivation, age, young children in the household and gender.
14 August 2019
Researchers funded by the NIHR are developing new imaging technology to pinpoint prostate tumours in the operating theatre.
14 August 2019
Patients with Lyme disease in hospitals in England and Wales are more likely to be white, female and living in more affluent areas, according to new research funded by the NIHR.
12 August 2019
Find out the latest specialties to achieve a first global or first European patient.
08 August 2019
We are recruiting individuals who are passionate about supporting non-medical clinical professionals to develop clinical academic careers.
08 August 2019
The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme (RfPB) has funded £2.5 million of new research into social care, bolstering NIHR’s commitment to improving social care through high quality evidence and building capacity for research in this field.
07 August 2019
New research supported by the NIHR has shown that an injection of gut hormones helps obese people lose weight via a similar mechanism to gastric bypass surgery.
05 August 2019
We’re pleased to announce that over 20,000 study participants have been involved in vital research thanks to Join Dementia Research, the innovative service delivered by the NIHR.
05 August 2019
NIHR researchers have successfully transplanted stem cells onto human heart tissue to improve the function of heart muscle, a new procedure that could one day help patients with heart failure.
02 August 2019
Recommended treatment for a common pregnancy liver disorder that can result in preterm birth and stillbirth is ineffective, according to new research funded by NIHR.
01 August 2019
CRN Gastroenterology and Hepatology Specialties showcased their research achievements from 2018/19 as they held a stand at the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) conference on the 17-20 June 2019 in Glasgow.
31 July 2019
The NIHR CRN Cancer Leadership Team are excited to announce a forthcoming event designed to showcase both the world class cancer research landscape in the UK, but also the direction of travel as we look to the future and explore some of the cutting edge innovations on the horizon.
25 July 2019
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has appointed Miles Witham, Professor of Trials for Older People at Newcastle University as the National Speciality Lead (NSL) for Ageing for the NIHR’s Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN).
23 July 2019
Professor John Norrie has been appointed as the new Chair of the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Funding Committee.
19 July 2019
The mental health of children and young people with some long term physical conditions could benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), according to a recent NIHR funded study led by the University of Exeter Medical School. The systematic review used robust methods to bring together and make sense of the best science in this area.
18 July 2019
Partial knee replacements (PKR) are as good as total knee replacements (TKR), whilst being more cost effective, according to new research funded by NIHR.
18 July 2019
A simple finger-prick blood test could help prevent unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for people with the lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to NIHR-funded research.
15 July 2019
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11 July 2019
The NIHR has announced a £135 million investment in 15 new NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs), to support applied health and care research that responds to, and meets, the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.
11 July 2019
A new NIHR review looks at evidence around what works to get people active and sustain their activity.
04 July 2019
Some of the world’s poorest people will benefit from a new multi-million pound partnership* that will fund research tackling major health concerns in low income countries. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Wellcome Trust have joined forces to increase the number of high quality research projects in countries with limited resources.
02 July 2019
Yorkshire is the ambulance trust that undertook the most clinical research studies and recruited the highest number of participants last year, according to a national league table from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
02 July 2019
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) region undertook the most primary care clinical research studies and recruited the highest number of participants last year, according to a national league table from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
02 July 2019
For the first time in eight years a new trust has topped the NIHR Clinical Research Network Research Activity League Table for the highest number of studies. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust undertook the most clinical research studies in 2018/19.