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News Honorary Consultant Paediatric Intensivist Wins Chief Investigator of the Year Dr Barney Scholefield, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist at Birmingham Children's Hospital, wins Chief Investigator of the Year
16 August 2021 New clinical risk management tools are needed to prevent COVID-19 deaths, say experts A new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital healthcare workers prevent the deaths and intensive care admissions of BAME COVID-19 patients with pneumoni.
12 August 2021 Researcher shows the importance of work with patient research partners to dissect research question Dr Amy Naylor is a Senior Research Fellow and member of the Rheumatology Research Group within the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing.
22 July 2021 Rheumatology Research Group awarded five year EULAR Centre of Excellence Status In July 2021, the University of Birmingham's Rheumatology Research Group (RRG) was awarded five year EULAR Centre of Excellence Status for the second time in a row.
13 July 2021 Partnership will create the next generation of researchers to transform global healthcare The Universities of Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham have launched a partnership training the next generation of leading researchers the skills required to transform our understanding and treatment of disease.
14 May 2021 New study on paediatric intensive care paves the way for improving care for critically ill children A study collaborating with the University of Birmingham has identified factors that increase the likelihood of critically ill children needing life-saving CPR.
06 May 2021 University of Birmingham joins drug discovery collaboration with Evotec and Bristol Myers Squibb The University of Birmingham is part of a new industry collaboration to accelerate drug discovery projects that will fast track research from lab to patient.
21 April 2021 Birmingham Health Innovation Campus takes another step forward after planning permission granted Work is set to begin on the first phase of Birmingham Health Innovation Campus this Summer after planning permission was granted by Birmingham City Council.
30 March 2021 Vitamin D deficiency linked to metabolic changes in patients with lupus Patients with lupus are more likely to have metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance – both factors linked to heart disease – if they have lower vitamin D levels, a new study reveals.
23 March 2021 Rugby study identifies new method to diagnose concussion using saliva A study of UK rugby players has found an accurate diagnosis method for concussion using saliva, paving the way for non-invasive clinical tests for concussion.
09 March 2021 Research aims to find new treatment for secondary brain damage New research has been launched to look at the possible re-purposing of selective P2X7 receptor blocker drugs to treat patients with secondary brain damage.
11 February 2021 Funding boost to research multi-morbidity in hospital patients Scientists have been given almost £4m to improve understanding of multi-morbidity in hospital patients.
05 February 2021 Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.