Connecting Science and Community: BIHR Launches Official Instagram Channel
The Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) has launched its official Instagram channel (@bihr.bradfordresearch), creating a shared visual hub to bring health and care research directly to the public. Hosted at Bradford Royal Infirmary (Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), BIHR acts as the overarching umbrella bringing together major regional research infrastructures. The new Instagram […]
NIHR Funding Supports Ednah and Faatima’s Journeys in Clinical Research Nursing
Clinical research nurses play a vital role in delivering clinical studies, supporting patients and helping to advance healthcare through research. Opportunities for professional development are essential in equipping research staff with the knowledge and skills needed to deliver high-quality research. As part of the NIHR Gamechanger series, we are celebrating Ednah and Faatima, two research […]
Bradford and West Yorkshire Commercial Research Delivery Centre Achieves UK and European First in Respiratory Trial
The Bradford and West Yorkshire Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) has achieved a UK and European first by recruiting the first patient into a pioneering respiratory clinical trial in just 104 days from study start-up. The trial is investigating whether an injection given once every six months, alongside standard asthma medication, can safely and effectively […]
Bradford launches new research to prevent RSV bronchiolitis in infants
The Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) is playing a leading role in understanding how to protect babies against RSV bronchiolitis, a common winter virus. This collaboration, supported by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire & Humber (YH ARC) and the University of Oxford, leads a national effort […]
Putting People at the Heart of Research: Celebrating Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement
Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) means actively involving patients, carers and the public in the research we do — not doing research for them, but working with them. This Research Appreciation Day, we are celebrating co-production and the vital role that PPIE plays in shaping better, more inclusive research. In Bradford, where communities […]
Bradford Midwife Awarded NIHR Senior Research Leader Programme Place
Kate Robinson, Senior Research Midwife and Knowledge Mobilisation and Communications Lead at Bradford Institute of Health Research, has been awarded a place on the prestigious NIHR Senior Research Leader Programme. The three-year programme aims to transform research culture in NHS organisations whilst building sustainable research capacity across nursing, midwifery and allied health professional disciplines. Kate […]
Double Recognition for Bradford Emergency Department Research Team
Congratulations to Marineo Llanaj on receiving the Early Career Impact Award at the Yorkshire and Humber RRDN Trauma and Emergency Care Regional Meeting. The NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) enables the health and care system to attract, optimise and deliver research across England. This is a significant milestone in Neo’s career, recognising his valuable contribution […]
NIHR at 20: Research where it matters most
NIHR at 20: Research where it matters most Twenty years ago, at the birth of the NIHR, the Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) was created with a bold and simple idea: world-class research should happen where health need is greatest. At that time, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was a large district general hospital […]