Case studies

‘The Nest’ is a bespoke drama, examining the opinion-dividing topic of sharing health data records, delivered by the Public Programmes Team for the NIHR GM PSTRC.

The Public Programmes team supported the Manchester Genomic Medicine Centre & Genomics England with the 100,000 Genomes Project stand at NHS Expo 2015.

Alan was diagnosed with diabetes aged 22 and he didn’t understand the importance of managing the condition.

Susan has lupus, an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly attacks health tissue. She has been a patient at MRI for almost 20 years and has taken part in a number of different research studies.

Simon suffers from juvenile arthritis (JA) and crohn's disease. Taking part in research has given him a new lease on life and helped him to get on with his education.

Taking part in a clinical research trial has allowed eight year old Spiderman-fan, George, to make the most of his childhood.

Josie was diagnosed with Glaucoma six years ago. Her eyes were starting to deteriorate when she was offered the opportunity to take part in a trial for a stent to reduce the pressure in her eye.

Visitors got stuck into hands-on workshops where they could extract DNA from their saliva, make genetic bracelets and race to see who could pair up chromosomes or build a skeleton in the fastest time.