Dr Jo Parish, a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, has been selected to become a member on the Hamburg Scientific Advisory Board at the Heinrich Pette Institute for medical virology.
Two of the University of Birmingham's leading scientists have been named amongst the most eminent scientists and technologists in the UK and the Commonwealth.
University of Birmingham experts joined medical professionals in India to set up an innovative research centre that will help to improve care for surgical patients.
Dr Eva Petermann has been awarded a grant from the MRC to predict and detect negative effects of pollution to aid understanding of the environmental causes of cancer and cancer development in general.
Professor Grant Stewart has received £246,993 from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and Sparks to fund research into the advancement of treatment of skeletal disorders.
Professor Sean Kehoe, Lawson Tait Professor of Gynaecological Cancer, writes on why identifying different approaches and challenging the accepted treatment strategies for patients with ovarian cancer is important.
Mr Aneel Bhangu has been awarded a prestigious NIHR Clinician Scientist in Global Surgery Fellowship which will support the development of major surgical research trials in low and middle income countries
New research carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham has found that giving young babies a general anaesthetic has no lasting impact on their brain development or behaviour.
A leading University of Birmingham scientist has been awarded a £500,000 grant from Cancer Research UK to investigate whether a new blood-based screening test could detect bowel cancer earlier.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found two biomarkers that could be used to identify a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation in patients who have three 'clinical risks'.