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The Stroke Trial Tracker Shortlisted for Two 2024 HSJ Digital Awards

18 March 2024

NIHR Dementia TRC enables expansion of recruitment to assess the accuracy of the digital tool CognoSpeak

14 March 2024

Join us at The Edge on Friday May 10, 2024 for an exciting in-person event!

12 February 2024

Stroke experts to test new nerve stimulation therapy in bid to improve hand and arm weakness in stroke survivors

17 January 2024

Sheffield Researchers Boost Drive to National DNA Programme With Senior NHS Figures Signing Up As First Recruits  

21 December 2023

Gavin Brittain Shares His Path In Research to Inspire Others to Consider Research as a Career 

23 November 2023

New research sets to improve detection of high blood pressure in the lungs using advanced imaging tools

13 November 2023

Sheffield's Stroke Research Team Win Prestigious Nursing Times Award for Innovative Trial Tracker

26 October 2023

Read the news story about award nominations for sheffield nursing teams

Sheffield Hospitals Nurses Celebrate Hat-Trick of Award Nominations for Innovative Care

21 September 2023

Read the news story about the launch of readable research

Sheffield scientists make research more readable to explain why it matters to those beyond their labs

13 September 2023

Read the news story about the Shaping the Future event

Shaping the Future Event Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the NHS and the NIHR Be Part Of Research Campaign in Sheffield Winter Garden

24 July 2023

Read the news story about the new AI tool, CognoSpeak

AI Tool Could Speed Up Dementia Diagnosis

29 June 2023

Read the news story about the new programme for accelerating Motor Neuron Disease drugs into clinical trials

New Programme to Move Potential MND Drugs into Clinical Trials Faster

21 June 2023

Read the news story about the award winning HeadUp Collar

Sheffield-Developed HeadUp Collar Wins Global Award for Patient Driven Research

21 June 2023

Read the news story about the Parkinson's Legacy Awareness Day

Event: Parkinson's Legacy Awareness Day: 3 June 2023

23 May 2023

Read the news story about the Shaping the Future campaign

Event: Shaping the Future: Celebrating the Past, Present & Future of Health Research in Sheffield and beyond

17 May 2023

Read more about the NIHR Sheffield BRC funded PhD Studentships

NIHR Sheffield BRC opens applications to 18 fully funded PhD Studentships - Apply Now!

27 February 2023

Read the news story about the 3rd International Symposium on Stem Cell Treatment in MS

Sheffield hosts the 3rd International Symposium on Stem Cell Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis

20 January 2023

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Read the news story about the NIHR Sheffield BRC Award 2022-2027

NIHR Sheffield BRC awarded nearly £12 million to accelerate scientific discoveries into new medical treatments

14 October 2022

Read the news story about the UK Parkinson's Clinical Study Group launch

World Parkinson’s Day sees the launch of the UK Parkinson’s Clinical Study Group

11 April 2022

Read the news story about the £50m investment into MND research

Sheffield scientists welcome £50 million investment to accelerate MND research

16 November 2021

Read more about the changing nature of clinical research virtual event

Virtual event: The changing nature of clinical research: Perspectives from Sheffield during Covid-19 and beyond

20 May 2021

Read the news story about working with industry to deliver the next generation of medicine

Working with industry to deliver the next generation of medicine

26 April 2021

Read the news story about the Sheffield PET-MRI Facility

The Sheffield PET-MRI Facility is the UKs eighth and Yorkshires only PET-MRI Facility

14 April 2021

Read the news story about the gene therapy innovation centre

New gene therapy innovation centre to advance scientific discoveries into life-changing treatments

18 March 2021

Read the news story about obesity in Alzheimer's research

Obesity may exacerbate the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, new study shows

4 February 2021

Read the news story about MND clinical trials

New partnership to take potential treatment for motor neuron disease (MND) into clinical trials

22 September 2020

Read the news story about MND research

New investigational drug shows potential in targeting hereditary cause of motor neuron disease

10 July 2020

Read the news story about Sheffield Bioinformatics Core's sequencing milestone

Sheffield Bioinformatics Core hit incredible milestone of 1000 Covid-19 genomes sequenced in just over eight weeks

15 May 2020

Read the news story about Sheffield scientists joining a national consortium

Sheffield scientists leading the fight against coronavirus join national consortium to map the outbreak

25 March 2020

Read the news story about Sheffield Hospitals Charity's MS appeal

Sheffield Hospitals Charity shines a light on their MS Appeal

25 March 2020

Read the news story about the sequencing of coronavirus genome sequencing

Whole genomes of coronavirus from UK patients sequenced by Sheffield scientists

19 March 2020

Read the news story about the DHSC guidance on research impacted by Covid-19

DHSC issues guidance on the impact of Covid-19 on research funded or supported by NIHR

19 March 2020

Read the news story about how Sheffield BRC is featured in a book of good practices

40% cases featured within The Patient Focused Medicines Development Book of Good Practices are from the NIHR Sheffield BRC

10 January 2020

Read the news story about the royal recognition for Neuroscience in Sheffield

Royal recognition for Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield

10 January 2020

 

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