Midwifery Research Champion Viv Dolby Receives NIHR Lifetime Achievement Award After Nearly 50 Years of NHS Service
A dedicated midwife and research champion who has spent almost five decades transforming healthcare has been honoured with the prestigious NIHR Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to midwifery research. Viv Dolby, who will turn 68 later this month, described receiving the award as “an utter shock” and “incredibly humbling” when she […]
Meet MRVin: Our Mobile Research Vehicle Takes Shape!
We’re so excited to share that the Bradford Institute for Health Research’s very own Mobile Research Vehicle (MRV) – affectionately named “MRVin” (pronounced Marvin 😊) – is currently taking shape at NEAT construction company! This fully electric vehicle will soon be zooming around the Bradford District and Craven area, bringing research opportunities directly to our communities […]
Stories of Safety, a new patient safety podcast by the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration
The NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (YH PSRC) have launched a new podcast series titled Stories of Safety. YH PSRC are a national centre for Patient Safety research that aims to develop and test innovations and interventions that lead to improvements in patient safety and the safety of healthcare services. Hosted by Prof Jane […]
Bradford Institute for Health Research launches the Wellbeing in Later Life study, backed by Nuffield Foundation
Researchers from the Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) have been awarded a major grant of £892,518 from the Nuffield Foundation to establish the ‘Wellbeing in Later Life in Bradford’ cohort study, in partnership with the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester and Hull-York Medical School at University of Hull. Wellbeing is a positive and sustainable […]