Research and innovation news

The University of Manchester is working with CMFT to lead a project aimed at eliminating the 'trial and error' approach to the treatment of lupus.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have identified genetic variants that are associated with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) but not with psoriasis, in the largest study of PsA ever published.

Research has been featured in the Medical Schools Council’s Health of the Nation: The impact of UK medical schools' research report highlighting the very best medical research happening across the UK

Manchester researcher John Reynolds, been awarded a prestigious NIHR Clinical Lectureship, to support his Biomedical Research Unit Small Grant funded research.

Prof Graeme Black, Strategic Director of Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine at Saint Mary’s Hospital appointed as Theme Lead for Eye Diseases in Rare Disease Translational Research Collaboration.

The University of Manchester is to be part of a major new research centre which will tackle the impact of musculoskeletal disorders on people’s ability to work.

The NIHR / WT Manchester Clinical Research Facility (MCRF) is pleased to announce that on 1st November Professor Nick Webb, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist became the new MCRF Medical Director.

Amy Webster, a PhD student at The University of Manchester, presented her findings to a packed audience at the Oliver Bird-Arthritis Research UK PhD Conference at Kings College London in September.