The first patient has been recruited to the FARGO clinical trial, which is testing the potential of faecal microbiota transplantation (#FMT) to treat patients living with primary sclerosing cholangitis (#PSC), a rare liver disease. birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… Palak Trivedi

This juvenile idiopathic arthritis awareness week, Prof Adam Croft highlights the key work taking place into treating arthritis. Adam leads the Rheumatology Research Group, and you can find out more about their work here: birmingham.ac.uk/research/infla… #JIAAW2024 #JIAAwarenessWeek

Patients and researchers could work better together thanks to new evidence-based recommendations issued by a task force including BRC members Dr Marie Falahee & Steven Blackburn. Read more: birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Our Data, Diagnostics and Decision Tools theme's work to enhance equity and inclusivity in AI for healthcare was shortlisted at this year's Uni of Birmingham Founders Awards. Hear from our researchers: youtu.be/dVpSh_7NpR8?fe… STANDING Together Xiao Liu Joe Alderman Dr Elinor Laws

Monitoring of heart rate and physical activity using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for patients with #HeartDisease, found BRC research published in Nature Medicine. Find out more ➡️birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Prof Aiyegbusi (Lee Aiyegbusi), co-lead of our Patient-reported Outcomes research theme, was recently nominated for the 2024 Uni of Birmingham Founders' Awards 👏 Hear about how his leading work in patient-centred research & clinical practice: youtu.be/LDwAZa7bqcY?fe…

Congratulations to our Patient-reported Outcomes research theme co-lead Mel Calvert on winning one of Uni of Birmingham's 2024 Founders Awards. Hear from Melanie about her leading work on understanding the impact of disease and treatments on patient symptoms & quality of life ⬇️

Exciting news from the #NAFLDBioResource, which we lead with NIHR Newcastle BRC & NIHR Nottingham BRC - our teams have recruited patient #4000! Thank you to all staff & patients who have helped us reach this important milestone 🎉 Learn more about NIHR BioResource: bioresource.nihr.ac.uk/centres-progra…

Call for Participants: Minority Ethnic Doctors' Careers 📢 Researchers from Bham Business School & Aston University are investigating the experiences of minority ethnic doctors to enhance workplace inclusion. Read more about the project and get involved ⬇ blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciences…

What does #RheumatoidArthritis have to do with oral health?🦵🦷 More than we think, explains our very own Prof Iain Chapple (Iain chapple) in this recent NRAS webinar. Hear from Iain to find out more: youtube.com/live/shBayk4to… College of Medicine and Health (UoB) UoB School of Health Sciences UoB School of Dentistry

We recently had the privilege to attend the screening of Unseen Unheard at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) - a thought-provoking account of Black women's #BreastCancer stories & a timely reminder to keep focusing on addressing #HealthInequalities with our work. 👏Theatre Peckham Gilead Sciences

Does X cause Y? It is a key question in research, and yet can be difficult to answer. In his latest blog, our Dr Sam Quarton reflects on causation, learnings from a Utrecht University summer course, and applications in his work on hospital-acquired pneumonia: birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Our BioResource is dedicated to advancing research on the causes of #NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) and enhancing treatments or finding a cure. Join us in our mission! 👏 Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3YNrnm5 NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre #HealthResearch

📢 From autumn 2024, applicants for all NIHR domestic programme awards will be required to show how inclusion is built into the research lifecycle. In this webinar, learn about these new conditions and how to embed inclusion in all stages. Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Interested in learning more about how scientists use our data to learn more about human health and improve patient experiences and outcomes? 📈 Join some of our brilliant researchers on 4 Sept for a free public event on the potential of AI in healthcare: birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-exc…

Yesterday at #ESCCongress, BRC Prof Dipak Kotecha presented his work on the STEEER-AF trial, showing how targeted training for healthcare professionals can improve part of the care of patients with #AtrialFibrillation: birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… European Society of Cardiology

Our BRC Prof Dipak Kotecha has chaired the development of the new 2024 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for #AtrialFibrillation. Hear from him about what's changed + how they've co-developed them with healthcare professionals & patients to ensure they're easier to implement in practice 👇

Researchers from Uni of Birmingham are at The Exchange this evening talking about how scientists use our data to learn more about human health and improve patient experiences and outcomes - UHB Research and PIONEER Hub #healthdata

Great to see so many of our amazing public contributors joining us today at the College of Medicine and Health (UoB) Birmingham PPI festival. NIHR ARC West Midlands NIHR Midlands PSRC

New BRC research shows that removing gender from clinical risk scoring could simplify who should be offered life-saving blood thinners in patients with #AtrialFibrillation, contributing to equality in care. birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…