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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
News Professor of Metabolism and Inflammation awarded £828K British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship
01 March 2019 New research identifies potential new treatment for patients with inflammatory joint conditions Targeting early changes in the synovial microenvironment could offer a new class of rheumatoid arthritis therapy, finds a study carried out by the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford.
08 February 2019 Birmingham Professor announced as 'future leader' in Innovation, Enterprise and Research Programme A leading University of Birmingham Professor has been announced as one of the first participants in The Academy of Medical Sciences' novel Future Leaders in Innovation, Enterprise and Research (FLIER) Programme.
17 January 2019 Birmingham Brief: Concussion in sport: How science could tackle it Academic neurosurgeon Professor Tony Belli writes for the Birmingham Brief on how concussion in sports is a serious issue that needs investigating.
17 January 2019 Premier League footballers participate in new ground-breaking concussion study The University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have launched a new study funded by The Drake Foundation to review and potentially enhance concussion diagnosis in football.
14 January 2019 Study reveals surprising link between linoleic acid and occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis A recent large-scale study looking into diet and its impact on the development of rheumatoid arthritis has revealed a surprising finding: linoleic acid may have a noticeable anti-inflammatory effect.
21 December 2018 University of Birmingham develops sight-saving treatment for eye infection or trauma Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a novel eye drop that rapidly reduces sight-threatening scarring to the surface of the eye.
22 November 2018 Developing cutting-edge treatments for a scar free future A ground-breaking new centre has opened at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham that will develop innovative new treatments for patients affected by scar related injuries.
26 September 2018 Key partnership launched to speed up the development of novel treatments for arthritis The Arthritis Therapy Acceleration Programme (A-TAP) is a £7 million concept funded by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research.
12 September 2018 Birmingham plays host to successful ageing event The University of Birmingham's annual Agewell event took place in Birmingham city centre on Monday 10 September, led by Professor Janet Lord.
06 September 2018 Birmingham group highlights the importance of patient involvement in research Dr Marie Falahee, from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, is to visit the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society patient group in Worcester this month to talk about patient involvement in rheumatology research.
31 August 2018 New funding to help pioneering international collaboration to understand mechanisms that drive arthritis A collaboration between 13 centres based in the United States and two in the UK are redefining the distribution, organisation and spatial relationships of cells in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
23 August 2018 Research Scholar from Panjab University selected for UK fellowship Pradip Nirbhavane has been selected for the prestigious University of Birmingham India Institute Fellowship.