08 April 2021
The antiviral drug favipiravir will be investigated as a treatment for COVID-19 in people recovering at home and in other non-hospital settings, in a clinical trial funded and supported by the NIHR.
06 April 2021
An NIHR supported study into the effects of a vegan diet in people with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes has found that a plant-based lifestyle may help control blood glucose levels.
01 April 2021
Fertility experts will evaluate if removing smaller fibroids and endometrial polyps improves women’s chances of a successful pregnancy, and increases live birth rates, in those undergoing treatments for infertility and recurrent miscarriages, in a new study funded by the NIHR.
25 March 2021
A new NIHR funded study is being launched to reduce the number of people who die in the months following a stay in hospital with COVID-19.
25 March 2021
If patients waiting for elective surgery get COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the general population, post-operative deaths linked to the virus could be reduced, a new global study funded by the NIHR suggests.
25 March 2021
The NIHR has launched a second call for research proposals on helping and supporting people with Long COVID.
24 March 2021
The NIHR has announced the fourth phase of the School for Primary Care Research (SPCR), with a refreshed membership and a new focus on supporting the full spectrum of primary care research and building research capacity.
24 March 2021
The National Institute for Health Research has appointed Professor Ruth Endacott to the newly created role of NIHR Director for Nursing and Midwifery.
24 March 2021
A study of UK rugby players has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion using saliva, paving the way for the first non-invasive clinical test for concussion for use in sport and other settings.
23 March 2021
NIHR and partner organisations across the health research ecosystem have today welcomed the publication of a bold and ambitious vision for the future of clinical research delivery in the UK.
16 March 2021
A home-based parenting programme to prevent childhood behaviour problems, which unusually focuses on children when they are still just toddlers, has proven highly successful in its first public health trial funded by the NIHR.
16 March 2021
The National Institute for Health Research Centre for Engagement and Dissemination (NIHR) has today published its second themed review into ‘Long Covid’.
15 March 2021
A new NIHR-funded study will investigate whether Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) could help reduce the worryingly high number of children who are afraid of the dentist.
13 March 2021
More than one million participants have now taken part in COVID-19 research across the UK.
12 March 2021
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published its latest annual report highlighting its milestones and achievements during 2019/20.
09 March 2021
Research published by the NIHR-funded Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group today will reassure people who want to stop smoking that quitting for at least 6 weeks may improve their mental wellbeing, by reducing anxiety, depression, and stress.
08 March 2021
An NIHR national specialty lead, Professor Peter Goadsby, is one of a group of four neuroscientists to receive this year’s The Brain Prize - one of the world’s most prestigious awards in neuroscience.
07 March 2021
If you weren't able to join the live evnt you can now watch on demand until 2 April 2020.
05 March 2021
Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, according to new NIHR-funded research.
04 March 2021
The NIHR has partnered with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHS BT) to announce a funding competition to award £19.9 million to new NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs).
03 March 2021
A NIHR-supported study evaluating potential COVID-19 treatments that can be taken at home will now expand for the first time to include adults of any age
03 March 2021
The NIHR has announced the appointment of 46 NIHR Senior Investigators in the 2021 round of awards.
25 February 2021
NIHR-funded research published this week, finds no overall effect of statins on the frequency or severity of muscle symptoms in people who had previously reported severe muscle symptoms when taking statins.
24 February 2021
The NIHR Clinical Research Network has appointed Samantha Liscio as its new Chief Information and Technology Officer
24 February 2021
An introduction to the new NIHR Academy mentoring programme