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News Metabolic markers could give clues for brain hypertension Tests showed women with Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension had a distinct metabolic profile, but weight loss programmes had positive effect on results
11 March 2021 COVID-19 risks to pregnant women and their babies outlined in global research review Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe COVID-19, and their risk of going into intensive care is higher than non-pregnant women with COVID-19.
10 March 2021 Early career researcher awarded BBSRC New Investigator Award Dr Vicki Smith has been awarded £470,000 to explore the regulation of cell movement, looking at preventing and treating life-threatening conditions.
09 March 2021 Women with polycystic ovary syndrome at significantly increased risk of COVID-19, study finds Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at a significantly increased risk of contracting COVID-19 than women without the condition, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed.
02 February 2021 EPSRC Established Career Fellowship awarded to Professor John Terry Professor John Terry, Director of the Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine, has been awarded a prestigious Established Career Fellowship.
01 February 2021 'Weak' and 'strong' cells bonding boosts body's diabetes fight Scientists have discovered how 'weak' cells bond with their more mature cellular counterparts to boost the body's insulin production.
18 January 2021 Birmingham maternity experts call for urgent action on pregnancy 'drug drought' Maternal healthcare leaders have called for lifesaving research into pharmaceuticals for use during pregnancy in response to pregnancy-related complications.
18 December 2020 BAME babies at highest risk of Vitamin D deficiency, highlighting need for improvements to UK antenatal supplementation programme, new study suggests A third of all babies and half of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) babies are vitamin D deficient, a large study of 3000 newborns in the West Midlands has shown.
13 November 2020 Clinical Research Fellow awarded Turner-Warwick Lectureship for innovation in medical education A new and unique real-time simulation-based medical training programme developed by Dr Punith Kempegowda has helped enhance medical students' and junior doctors' learning experience and connecting them across the globe.
12 November 2020 RD Lawrence Fellowship awarded to Birmingham Fellow Dr Ildem Akerman is the recipient of the highly respected RD Lawrence Fellowship Award from Diabetes UK for her research in identifying factors important to generate beta cells from stems cells in a laboratory.
05 November 2020 £800,000 Medical Research Council grant awarded to Birmingham Fellow and Birmingham Professor Dr Sarah Dimeloe and Professor Gareth Lavery have been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the Medical Research Council for their research interrogating T cell metabolism.
04 November 2020 The Daily Mail: Are you obese? A surprising number of us are – here are some clever ways to tackle it Dr Abd Tahrani,Senior Lecturer in Obesity Medicine at University of Birmingham, is quoted in The Daily Mail regarding obesity and some ways to tackle it.
26 October 2020 Birmingham Professor to receive prestigious award for exceptional scientific advances in endocrinology Professor Davide Calebiro, Chair of Molecular Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham's Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, has been named as the recipient of a prestigious endocrinology award.