Bradford researchers recruit first UK and European participants for innovative global respiratory disease trials
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC) at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has successfully recruited the first participants in Europe for two new clinical trials investigating innovative potential treatments for respiratory conditions.
Local Healthcare Hero Nominated for Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Phillip Helliwell, Rheumatology Consultant at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a Senior Lecturer in Immunology, has been nominated for the Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare award in the 2024 ‘Our Health Heroes’ awards.
Born in Bradford researchers awarded the Academics Stand Against Poverty Book of the Year award
Researchers from Born in Bradford (BiB), based at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, are part of a team that have been awarded the Academics Stand Against Poverty Book.
Celebrating 36 years of world-class Ageing and Stroke Research at the Bradford Institute for Health Research
This month, the Ageing and Stroke Research (ASR) unit, at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, celebrates 36 years of commitment, innovation, and perseverance in conducting world-class research to improve the health and care of older people and survivors of stroke.
World-leading health research study giving Bradford secondary schools access to revolutionary data dashboard
Born in Bradford’s exciting new research project ‘Age of Wonder’ has completed a successful first year of data collection with 15 Bradford secondary schools, surveying more than 5,000 young people across the city.
Bradford Institute for Health Research selected to host an NIHR RSS National Public Health Centre Satellite for the region
The NIHR has funded a new Research Support Service Public Health Specialist Centre (PHSC) comprising of two Hubs hosted by the Universities of Newcastle and Southampton.
Celebrating 10 years of HUSH with the Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy – over 12,000 patient falls prevented through safety huddles
The Improvement Academy (IA), based at the Bradford Institute of Health Research, is celebrating 10 years of its flagship Huddle Up for Safer Healthcare (HUSH) programme.
New report using research from Bradford shows huge inequalities for children growing up in the North
Professor Mark Mon-Williams of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber, based at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, led on the newly published ‘Child of the North’ report which shows that schools in the Bradford District are losing out on hundreds of pounds of funding per pupil compared to those in London.
Bradford to lead national research on blood pressure management in older people to prevent falls
Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the four-year-long research project will be carried out by a team led by clinical researcher and specialist registrar in geriatric medicine, Dr Oliver Todd
New research finds one-in-two healthcare attendances for breathing difficulties in Bradford could be triggered by breaches in daily air pollution limits.
As many as one-in-two healthcare attendances for breathing difficulties in Bradford could be triggered by breaches in daily air pollution limits, new research funded by the National Institute for Health Research has uncovered.
