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29 July 2020
Healthcare workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are putting their own health at risk to care for patients with COVID-19. But new research funded by the NIHR and UKRI, part of a multimillion package of new projects on COVID-19 and ethnicity, aims to understand that risk and provide evidence to inform the response to the pandemic.
16 July 2020
"The advancement of a treatment for Duchenne patients amenable to exon 53 skipping was made possible through excellent collaboration with GOSH’s BRC and CRF, Prof. Francesco Muntoni and the esteemed SKIP-NMD consortium members."
14 July 2020
“It has been one of the most busy and challenging times of my career. It has also been the most rewarding.”
23 June 2020
Phil was hospitalised with COVID-19 in early April 2020. Struggling to breathe, he was grateful to have the chance to take part in the RECOVERY-RS trial and hoped he’d be able to help other people as a result. While recovering at home but still feeling the effects of the virus, he told us his story.
18 June 2020
Following recruitment success in hospitals, Synairgen’s clinical trial of a new inhaled treatment for coronavirus infection turns its attention to COVID-19 patients in the community.
20 May 2020
Watch a representative from Microcurrent Site UK describe how the NIHR supported this small MedTech company to design, plan, set-up and deliver a clinical study.
12 May 2020
A man who beat coronavirus and was among the first patients to enrol on the NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial, has spoken of how he wanted to “step up” to help with research into treatments for the disease.
29 April 2020
A 20 minute measurement test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has transformed the experience of patients and clinicians across the East Midlands and is being rolled out across the country. The NIHR funded trial showed that patients are likely to receive a diagnostic decision within six months, and more than three quarters of patients surveyed said the test helped them to better understand their symptoms.
29 March 2020
Versus Arthritis has successfully collaborated with the NIHR across a range of research funding and delivery activities, from understanding the landscape in arthritis research to setting up an expert network to drive translational research in musculoskeletal diseases.
04 February 2020
Find out how NIHR support gave global pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the confidence to bring care home research to the UK.
31 January 2020
The NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Co-operative has collaborated with Cerebrotech Medical Systems in the evaluation of the Cerebrotech Visor, a non-invasive device which enables real-time assessment of the brain’s status following strokes and other brain injury.
29 January 2020
Find out how the NIHR and the UK’s network of research-ready care homes has supported falls-prevention research in a care home setting.
27 January 2020
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the second most common cause of emergency admissions in the UK, responsible for one in eight acute adult medical admissions. The NIHR Medtech and In vitro diagnostics Co-operatives have supported Mologic Ltd, a UK-based SME, in its development of a urine based test for an early indication of exacerbation, simple enough for patients to monitor their disease status at home, enabling care in the community reducing A&E visits and admissions.
20 January 2020
Kidney Research UK, has been pivotal in fostering relationships between the life sciences, academia and the NHS in recent years which is has enabled a culture of collaboration and is paving the way for a growing number of Complex and Innovative Design (CID) trials.
02 January 2020
The real-world approach adopted by the Rococo study meant that it was the first cough medicine study in the UK to be delivered entirely in a pharmacy setting - a significant achievement for community-based health research.
12 December 2019
Read about how we collaborated with Pfizer Ltd, clinicians and patients to successfully design and pilot a new patient involvement service for the life sciences industry.
04 December 2019
Angus Sturrock, Mental Health Research Nurse, explains how to overcome some of the complexities of conducting research in care homes.
03 December 2019
Autistica has had a long history of collaboration with the NIHR, developing research priorities with the James Lind Alliance that have influenced funding by the charity itself, the NIHR and other funders.
18 November 2019
Danielle van der Windt is Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology and Research Director at Keele University’s School for Primary, Community and Social Care. She describes why her research into shoulder pain is so important and how the NIHR-charity co-funding made it happen.
12 November 2019
Dr Damian Roland is a Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in paediatric emergency medicine. He was awarded an NIHR fellowship in 2010 and successfully applied for RfPB programme funding in 2015. He has shared his advice on how an RfPB award as an early career researcher can be a stepping stone to a research career.
12 November 2019
Justine Tomlinson is a specialist pharmacist and doctoral training fellow at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Bradford. She successfully applied for an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) award during her PhD and has shared her advice to encourage other doctoral students to apply.
05 November 2019
Prednisolone (steroid treatment) and pentoxifylline are both recommended for the treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis and are widely used, but uncertainty remained about their benefits. STOPAH was a randomised double blind trial designed to evaluate the effect of treatment with prednisolone or pentoxifylline in patients with alcoholic hepatitis.
05 November 2019
We explore four key ways research can benefit your career, featuring testimonies from healthcare professionals who encourage others to follow in their footsteps and take their next step in their research career.
05 November 2019
The ARREST trial was designed to assess whether adding rifampicin to standard antibiotic treatment for staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia would improve survival from this infection.
30 October 2019
Andrew Owen, a dual speciality trainee in anaesthesia and critical care, explains how his research career has progressed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and an NIHR Clinical Lecturer.