The world’s first participants to take part in a phase 3 trial of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine candidate were recently recruited at a new NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centre (NPRC) based in Blackpool.
An update on the implementation of the Restart Framework
Following a successful pilot in Surgery, the Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme is now available to studies in additional specialty areas.
Newly updated Cochrane evidence published today in the Cochrane Library finds that electronic cigarettes containing nicotine could increase the number of people who stop smoking compared to nicotine replacement therapy.
Six new research projects have been funded by the NIHR and UKRI to investigate and reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.
Patients of Black ethnicity have an increased risk of requiring hospital admission for COVID-19, while patients of Asian ethnicity have an increased risk of dying in hospital from COVID-19, NIHR researchers have found.
Research funded by NIHR has shown that teenagers who receive a depression diagnosis during their school career show a substantial decline in academic attainment in Year 11.
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation have awarded £1.2 million to support development of an innovative online programme to improve and personalise care for people with dementia in care homes, which have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
In celebration of James Lind's birthday, the NIHR is relaunching its signature campaign ‘Your Path in Research’. The campaign aims to inspire and support health and care professionals across all hospital and community settings to get more involved in research.
Keyhole surgery is no better at treating frozen shoulder than two alternative therapies, an NIHR-funded trial published in the Lancet has found.
Over 200,000 participants from across the UK have now taken part in NIHR-supported urgent public health research into Covid-19 - just six months after the first studies opened for recruitment.
A major national study funded by NIHR has found that oral antibiotics are just as effective as intravenous antibiotics in killing a common germ that causes dangerous complications in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.
The NIHR has launched a six-week stakeholder survey as part of an ongoing review into possible changes to its open access policy for peer-reviewed publications.
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has announced the inclusion of a new investigational antiviral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2.
An update on the implementation of the Restart Framework
A new online tool, funded by NIHR, has been developed to predict the risk of adult survivors of sepsis being readmitted to hospital or dying in the first year after leaving hospital.
Eight new research projects on coronavirus transmission have been awarded funding by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
NIHR has funded a new innovatively designed clinical trial that will aim to find the best treatment for children with mild asthma.
New NIHR funding is accelerating the testing of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the NHS.
A landmark trial funded and supported by NIHR has found that a common global procedure of giving anaemic patients intravenous iron therapy before major surgery gives little benefit.
Four papers published today on the use of corticosteroids to treat COVID-19 have reinforced evidence that outcomes for severely affected patients can be significantly improved by using these inexpensive and widely available drugs, with one paper suggesting the risk of death can be reduced by up to 20%.
Three new UK-wide research studies to help understand immune responses to the novel coronavirus have been awarded £8.4 million from the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
New NIHR-funded research reveals that two procedures to treat men with an enlarged prostate gland are both effective.
We are pleased to announce the Nursing Times Clinical Research Nursing Awards shortlist for 2020.
Four new NIHR Incubators have been formed to support and advocate academic research careers.
