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Bristol BRC theme co-lead to play part in national Respiratory Transformation Partnership
We are very proud to announce that Professor James Dodd, workstream co-lead for our respiratory disease theme and North Bristol NHS Trust Respiratory Consultant, has taken up the role of national clinical lead within the recently launched …
Patients felt well‑informed when undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, Bristol study finds
A study supported by NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol found that clear conversations before surgery were linked with: High confidence among patients about their decision to proceed with surgery Low decisional conflict regarding their choice High confidence that risks had been adequately explained Researchers from the University of…
Bristol BRC theme leads awarded NIHR Senior Investigator status
Professor Russ Jago and Professor Nick Maskell, who both co-lead Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) themes, have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in 2026. Now in its 19th year of appointments, NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and…
Accelerating precision orthopaedic surgery using automated imaging and linked clinical data
A new NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) research project to improve surgical planning and precision using automated image analysis plans to use the South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) to link clinical imaging with electronic patient records. The project is led by Mr Simon Abram. Linking imaging with records…
Insights from the UK’s first womb transplants
A new NIHR Bristol BRC study has captured the experiences of women and clinicians involved in the first uterine transplants (UTx) to take place in the UK. The research team, who are part of the NIHR Bristol BRC Surgical and Orthopaedic (SOI) Innovation theme…
Unpicking the genetics of postoperative delirium
The genetic variations that might make someone more likely to experience postoperative delirium are explored in a new Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) paper published in PLOS Medicine. Researchers from the BRC’s Translational Data Science Theme performed a genome-wide association study or GWAS. This type of study uses genetic…
Towards intraoperative measurements: reflections from SPOC-TRC Measure Twice Cut Once workshop
Reflections on the recent Surgery and Perioperative Care-Translational Research Collaboration (SPOC-TRC) workshop hosted by Tim Denison from the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Deena Harji from Manchester BRC and Jane Blazeby from the Bristol BRC.
Improving how missing data is handled in studies
A new tool to help statisticians decide how to handle missing data in studies has been published by Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers. In health research, it’s common to have missing information in study data, especially in large studies about the risk factors for disease. This missing data can…
Understanding mental health care across the whole system through linked data
Mental health records from a major trust in the South West are to be linked to other datasets to unlock new research, thanks to a new project. It has historically been difficult to make use of routinely collected mental health for research. Data about mental health is amongst the most…