New programme to improve how medicines are used in hospital and community settings Description:Professor Liz Sapey will co-lead a programme aimed to transform the use of medicines for patients, especially those with multiple long-term conditions.Date:17 August 2023 There’s something in your eye – ocular microbiome study gets $2.3m Description:International collaboration will create definitive catalogue of micro-organisms living around our eyes.Date:15 August 2023 Rheumatology patients aid tool development to increase movement in people with rheumatoid arthritis Description:Dr Sally Fenton is working with the Rheumatology Research Patient Partnership to develop tools to increase physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritisDate:15 August 2023 Study screening young people for diabetes expanded across Europe Description:Parth Narendran, Professor of Diabetes Medicine, has been awarded £860K funding towards type 1 diabetes general population screening of young people in Europe.Date:02 August 2023 University of Birmingham partners on reproductive health research Description:University of Birmingham experts will collaborate on researching policy for reproductive health provision, as part of a new Policy Research Unit.Date:01 August 2023 New partnership to advance research into IBD Description:Researchers from the University of Birmingham will work with Roche to identify new avenues for treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Date:31 July 2023 UK and Ireland-wide network to advance ‘urgently needed’ congenital heart disease clinical research Description:A new national strategy document, released today, should help aid progress in congenital heart disease research through greater collaboration between centres.Date:31 July 2023 Government acknowledges need for earlier access to care after miscarriage, in response to review Description:Long-awaited independent report on NHS miscarriage care and improvement ideas was published earlier this week alongside government response to calls for change.Date:28 July 2023 Vaccine rollout cut Covid deaths for cancer patients by 84% Description:New two year UK-wide study finds Covid-19 risk for cancer patients still higher than general population, but fell following availability of vaccinations in 2021Date:25 July 2023 Watership Down was never supposed to be a children’s film Description:Dr Catherine Lester comments on the film adaptation of Watership Down being reclassified from U to PG by the BBFC after 45 years.Date:24 July 2023 Digital technology in government: Over-promised and under-delivered Description:Politicians and tech bosses have spun a ‘Digital Enchantment’ fairytale, which doesn't present a realistic view of digital technology according to new research.Date:24 July 2023 Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge elected to the British Academy Description:University of Birmingham Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.Date:24 July 2023 New resources to improve patient and public involvement in health research Description:Patients and members of the public will be able to more easily take part in research thanks to a new tool developed by Birmingham’s work on Long COVID.Date:21 July 2023 No leg to stand on – Why the United States must reconsider its stance on climate reparations Description:The US has said it will not pay climate reparations to countries affected by climate change disasters "under any circumstances". Date:21 July 2023 Good for soil, grim for the air: more than third of fertiliser use breaking emissions thresholds Description:Study found that in some cases up to 77% of fertiliser spread on UK soil went into atmosphereDate:20 July 2023 Nearly half of modern slavery survivors not getting adequate psychological assistance Description:New report on experiences of survivors accessing wellbeing support in England and WalesDate:17 July 2023 Birmingham Professor appointed new Chair of the Medical Research Foundation Description:Professor Paul Moss has been appointed as the new Chair of the Medical Research Foundation’s Board of Trustees, with effect from October 2023.Date:14 July 2023 Minister and MP visit Tommy’s miscarriage research centre Description:Visitors shown the pilot of new system of miscarriage care for the UKDate:13 July 2023 Policymakers must act now on rules for emerging food technologies Description:University of Birmingham expert calls on the UK Government to take action to fill the legislative gaps around food produced with new and novel technologies.Date:10 July 2023 Tip of the iceberg: research to understand experiences and needs of people with eating disorders Description:New project to bring anthropological approach to understand lived experience of people with eating disordersDate:10 July 2023