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Your Path in Research staff profile: Alex Mitchell
Alex Mitchell is a Transition Fellow with the NIHR Bristol BRC’s Nutrition theme. Her fascinating career trajectory is documented here as part of Your Path in Research, the NIHR’s annual campaign to encourage clinical staff to think about a career in research. Alex says: “My ambition is to be a…
Dr Fiona Kinnear: Doctoral prize winner for the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2020/21
Fiona Kinnear, NIHR Bristol BRC Nutrition theme PhD student, has been awarded the prize for outstanding excellence in a doctoral dissertation for the University of Bristol’s Faculty of Health Sciences in 2020/21. Fiona successfully defended her thesis at her viva in October 2020. Each year, the University’s Research Degrees Examination…
Prehabilitation to improve outcomes after major elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Interventions such as eating foods that promote a strong immune system and exercises that strengthen the muscles we use to breathe, could help lower the risk of complications or death after surgery and aid faster recovery, a newly published NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) study has found. These types…
How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people living with diabetes, in their ability to manage their condition
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for people living with diabetes, causing ripple impacts for their carers, parents and partners. New research led by the University of Bristol has found coronavirus has had a significant negative impact on the ability of people living with diabetes to manage their condition,…
Professor Jonathan Sterne presents to US Food and Drug Administration on COVID-19 boosters
Professor Jonathan Sterne, Deputy Director of the National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Bristol BRC), has presented evidence to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on COVID-19 vaccination boosters today, Friday 17 September. The presentation is part of the FDA’s advisory committee meeting to discuss…
A case for and against COVID-19 vaccine boosters
In a recent Lancet Viewpoint opinion piece, a group of authors including NIHR BRC’s Jonathan Sterne and Julian Higgins emphasize that while the idea of further reducing the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant by enhancing immunity in vaccinated people is appealing, any decision…
Introducing Hard Evidence: a performance piece about survivors of domestic abuse and public involvement in research
Hard Evidence, a new production developed in collaboration with Acta Theatre, shines light on how getting involved with research empowered women who have experienced domestic abuse to support others in a similar situation. Written over Zoom in the early months of 2021, the performance follows Jan, a survivor of domestic…
Co-creating communications with patient and public groups
Taking a ‘less is more’ approach and not overwhelming audiences with too much information is the most effective approach to developing patient and public involvement (PPI) recruitment materials, according to public contributors. Involving patient and public groups in the development of health research is important to ensure that it is…
Analysing metabolomics to improve the prediction of pregnancy-related disorders
Using analytical methods such as mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to detect the presence of certain metabolites – the molecules produced during cell processes – could improve how we predict certain pregnancy-related disorders. A recent study, part funded by the NIHR Bristol BRC, discovered that profiling in…