A programme of research to support children with language and communication needs has just received £1.4m funding from the NIHR, for a new strand of the E-PLAYS project.
Public access defibrillators (PADs) are disproportionately lacking in the most deprived areas of England, which are among the communities at the greatest risk of cardiac arrest, according to a new analysis led by NIHR-funded researchers.
Research funded and supported by NIHR has revealed that symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by the same biological processes as mental health conditions such as anxiety.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has won the 2021 Nursing Times Award Clinical Research Nursing category, sponsored by the NIHR, for their ROAM (Research Opportunities at Moorfields) initiative.
NIHR-funded researchers have launched a new £1.98m study investigating alternative treatments in tackling MRSA in hospital patients.
The NIHR welcomes the planned £5bn investment in health-related research and development, announced today as part of the Government’s three year Spending Review.
The NIHR has awarded funding to the University of Oxford to carry out a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, testing novel antiviral COVID-19 treatments for use by people in the community with COVID-19 who are at higher risk of complications.
A major new NIHR-funded study will investigate the effectiveness of air filtration systems in preventing respiratory infections such as coughs, colds, flu and COVID-19 among care home residents in England.
The NIHR Cancer and Nutrition Collaboration teams up with World Cancer Research Fund to provide evidence-based advice and training on dietary information related to cancer.
An NIHR-supported study investigating Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has reported positive results - with participants who received the VLA2001 vaccine generating high levels of neutralising antibodies against the disease.
At today’s annual conference of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the winners of the research awards run in partnership with NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) and the RCGP were announced.
The NIHR has today launched the NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award (PHCSA), a UK-wide initiative to enable senior researchers to make the next step to Reader/Professor level in their host institutions.
The NIHR’s annual Your Path in Research campaign launches across the UK today, aiming to inspire healthcare professionals to get involved in research, or take the next step in their research career.
New research supported by the NIHR has shown that 37% of people who experienced COVID-19 had at least one long COVID symptom in the 3-6 month period after infection.
When people stop taking antidepressants after a long period of use, just over half (56%) experience a relapse within a year, compared to 39% of those who stay on medication, finds a new NIHR-funded study.
NIHR has launched the Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration, which allows eligible individuals to move between NIHR and local authority settings in either direction for short placements.
A tool developed by NIHR-funded researchers has been shown to accurately identify people who are at greatest risk from severe COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
A COVID-19 vaccine study backed through funding from the Vaccines Taskforce and NIHR has expanded to include people aged 12 to 16, as it looks to analyse different vaccination schedules in young people.
Data drawn from a collection of NIHR-supported COVID-19 vaccine studies has informed key decisions made for the UK’s booster programme.
The NIHR is supporting a new nation-wide research study that will investigate a novel multi-cancer early detection test, known as Galleri, in the NHS, for patients with non-specific symptoms that may be a result of cancer.
Countries in Africa previously assessed as being least vulnerable to an epidemic were the worst affected by COVID-19, according to an NIHR-funded research paper published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Results from the NIHR-funded UK Lung Screening Trial (UKLS), the first lung cancer computed tomography (CT) screening trial in the UK, have provided unequivocal support for lung cancer screening in identified high risk groups.
A UK-wide clinical diagnostic study, funded by the NIHR, has shown how a new surveillance pathway for people with stable diabetic eye disease is safe and cost-saving, freeing up ophthalmologists to evaluate and treat people requiring urgent care.
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Royal College of Physicians have announed the winners of thsi year's awards - with NHS consultants and trainee prize winners commended.
A groundbreaking drug to combat heart disease could soon be offered on the NHS following an innovative programme of clinical trials delivered by the NIHR Clinical Research Network.
