Risk of pregnancy complications increases for women with multiple long-term health conditions
Study of 2.2m healthcare records highlights need for joined up maternal health support from first appointment.
- Published: 19 August 2026
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Funding success to support the next generation of clinician data scientists
University of Birmingham receives funding to support at least 5 new fully funded clinical PhD studentships for health professionals.
- Published: 17 August 2026
Significant funding to understand fungal brain infections
Birmingham researchers to lead ambitious £5.7 million project into the deadliest form of invasive fungal disease.
- Published: 14 August 2026
AI opens routes to Crohn’s disease diagnosis and treatment
Generative AI gives health experts ability to create realistic synthetic genetic data to identify behaviour of disease complications.
- Published: 12 August 2026
University of Birmingham contributes to new biobank of tumour models which reveal cancer weaknesses
Birmingham’s Human Biomaterials Resource Centre collected tumour samples donated by patients to help build largest biobank of its kind.
- Published: 5 August 2026
Birmingham joins MRC CoRE researching fatal genetic disease
New MRC Centre of Research Excellence for Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics announced, with Birmingham researchers part of the partnership.
- Published: 5 August 2026
Experts identify gap in global lip cosmetics regulation
Significant gaps found in lip product regulation and testing, including inappropriate skin models and underestimation of ingestion rates.
- Published: 5 August 2026
New study uses The Simpsons universe to explore link between gum disease and all-cause mortality
Simpsons characters with periodontitis or tooth loss were 23 times more likely to die, echoing real-world links between oral and systemic health.
- Published: 4 August 2026
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