Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – April 2025 Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, shares what we are doing to advance discoveries that improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Continue reading full article: Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – April 2025
PhDs in Focus: Ethnicity and paediatric hearing health inequality in England Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Author: Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan outlines how their project is focused on reducing paediatric hearing inequalities within different ethnicities, with a particular focus on South Asian communities, as part of the Hearing Health theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Ethnicity and paediatric hearing health inequality in England
Brain scans to give crucial insight into childhood genetic disease Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a bid to study Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong neurological condition. Continue reading full article: Brain scans to give crucial insight into childhood genetic disease
Manchester-led research contributes to development of new UK-wide guideline for asthma Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Research delivered through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has contributed to improved diagnostic guidelines for identifying and managing asthma, announced by NICE last week. Continue reading full article: Manchester-led research contributes to development of new UK-wide guideline for asthma
PhDs in Focus: Understanding the risk of developing mental health conditions among children and young people after a cancer diagnosis Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Author: Moe Zandy For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Moe Zandy outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is investigating the risk of developing mental health conditions among children and young people who have been diagnosed with cancer, as part of the Living With and Beyond Cancer theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Understanding the risk of developing mental health conditions among children and young people after a cancer diagnosis
Researchers chart large rise in eating disorders and self-harm amongst teenage girls Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 General practices have recorded a large rise in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm episodes amongst teenage girls in the UK in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, a research team has found. Continue reading full article: Researchers chart large rise in eating disorders and self-harm amongst teenage girls
Manchester gets leading role in government’s £10m mental health research investment Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Research with the potential to change the lives of millions of people around the world living with mental health conditions has received a boost with the announcement of £42.7m of government funding, with The University of Manchester and partners receiving over £10m from the overall pot. Continue reading full article: Manchester gets leading role in government’s £10m mental health research investment
Transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services – Dr Jenny Humphreys speaks to Arthritis Digest Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2023 For Arthritis Digest magazine, Dr Jenny Humphreys explains what is involved during the transition from adult to paediatric services for people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Continue reading full article: Transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services – Dr Jenny Humphreys speaks to Arthritis Digest