Research & Innovation

Diabetes and the impact of treating cardiovascular risk factors

Posted: Thursday Nov 5th 2015

Dr Martin Rutter explains the importance of his recently published research on type 2 diabetes and how it could change clinical practice.

What I think about when I think about research

Posted: Monday Nov 2nd 2015

Nailah Brown, a Research Coordinator at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital talks about her experience of what it takes to run a great research study.

Are patients interested in pharmaceutical research?

Posted: Wednesday Oct 28th 2015

It is important to involve patients and the public in pharmaceutical medicines research and development. Our Public Programmes team examine who is interested, who is not and why.

How the use of brain imaging is furthering our understanding of Lupus

Posted: Tuesday Oct 27th 2015

Michelle Baraclough is a researcher at NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit. In this blog Michelle discusses her research into neurocognitive function in patients with lupus.

Glaucoma – the silent thief of sight

Posted: Thursday Oct 8th 2015

Mr Leon Au is Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH), and the first surgeon in the UK to incorporate minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) into routine practice.