NIHR professors elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
12 NIHR professors have been recognised for exceptional contribution to biomedical and health research.
- Published: 21 May 2024
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New Maternity Early Warning Score to be implemented in the NHS
Researchers funded by the NIHR’s Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have created a standardised tool that will be rolled out nationally
- Published: 21 May 2024
Groundbreaking changes to global health research as NIHR launches new programmes to promote fairer global partnerships
All NIHR global health research projects can now be led by researchers in LMICs
- Published: 17 May 2024
NIHR awards £5m for a HealthTech Research Centre Network to provide national leadership for the development of medical devices, diagnostics and digital technologies
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals will run the new HRC Network, which extends across England
- Published: 16 May 2024
Nurses and midwives awarded £3m from the NIHR Research for Patient benefit programme across 16 projects
The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme has funded a series of new awards to support nurses and midwives.
- Published: 16 May 2024
Children’s mental health research project wins £1.5m research funding
NIHR has awarded £1.5m funding to a new Greater Manchester mental health research project, which will evaluate a mental health joint response service.
- Published: 15 May 2024
New funding initiatives for novel brain tumour research as part of £40m investment
The new package of research funding initiatives to stimulate brain tumour research is led by NIHR and the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM).
- Published: 14 May 2024
NIHR-funded calculator uses NHS data to predict patients’ risk of falling
Patients’ risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data, thanks to a new calculator developed with funding from NIHR.
- Published: 10 May 2024
Daily doses of allergens help children tackle severe allergic reactions
Giving small daily doses of milk or peanuts to children who are allergic to them can help train their bodies to tolerate the allergens, according to early results from a new trial.
- Published: 10 May 2024
Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy
A girl born deaf can now hear unaided after participating in a world first trial.
- Published: 09 May 2024
New screening trial to save thousands of men’s lives from prostate cancer
Thousands more men could be saved every year as a new screening trial aims to double the efficacy of prostate cancer screening.
- Published: 01 May 2024
Trial begins for groundbreaking new personalised melanoma treatment
Researchers at UCLH are trialling a skin cancer immunotherapy that is personalised to each patient's tumour
- Published: 26 April 2024
NIHR launches call to fund new commercial research centres
The Commercial Research Delivery Centres will work with industry and other infrastructure to accelerate the delivery of commercial clinical research
- Published: 26 April 2024
New environmental sustainability concordat from UK research organisations
More than 25 research organisations across the UK have today agreed to an environmental sustainability concordat.
- Published: 25 April 2024
New treatment approved for children with brain cancer
A new targeted drug combination treatment for children and young people with an aggressive form of brain cancer has been recommended by NICE. Its development was strongly supported by the NIHR.
- Published: 24 April 2024
First symposium for the NIHR Global Health Research Centres programme held in Bangladesh
The symposium facilitated shared learning across the Centres and with relevant stakeholders
- Published: 22 April 2024
Antipsychotics pose previously unknown risks to dementia patients, NIHR study finds
The drugs have been linked to a wider range of serious health outcomes than previously thought
- Published: 19 April 2024
Global breast cancer report finds inequities persist
Recommendations to tackle urgent global challenges in breast cancer have been laid out in a new report led by NIHR Research Professor, Charlotte Coles.
- Published: 16 April 2024
Innovative new trial using skin patches to spot lung transplant rejection
NIHR and the Medical Research Council (MRC) are funding the trial, which is being run by Oxford University in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant.
- Published: 15 April 2024
NIHR funded study offers hope for targeted treatment of long COVID
A new study has revealed that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation that can be detected in blood
- Published: 11 April 2024
Blood tests for diagnosing dementia a step closer for UK
Researchers will carry out countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can revolutionise dementia diagnosis. The NIHR is contributing almost £1m to the new research effort.
- Published: 04 April 2024
NIHR launches new funding stream to support global health researchers
The Global Health Research Development Awards will support researchers to develop high-quality proposals for NIHR Global Health Research funding programmes and other funders.
- Published: 03 April 2024
UK-US collaboration continues to support the next generation of cancer research leaders
The Cancer Research Transatlantic Development and Skills Enhancement (DSE) Award has opened for a second round.
- Published: 02 April 2024
App can help people reduce their alcohol intake
The NIHR-funded study evaluated the use of the Drink Less app which aims to help people reduce their alcohol consumption.
- Published: 27 March 2024
Handing out vapes in A&E helps smokers quit
Researchers funded by NIHR who conducted the study hope the initiative will be rolled out to hospitals nation-wide.
- Published: 27 March 2024