Research and innovation news

Congratulations to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit research team who have had seven abstracts accepted for the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH) Conference.

Dr Clare Murray, consultant respiratory paediatrician at CMFT, authored a study which showed that children using special bedcovers were less likely to have a severe asthma exacerbation.

James, 12, was invited to take part in a clinical research study at the Children's Clinical Research Facility at CMFT for his severe atopic eczema.

Doré Young, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at CMFT, has been awarded an NIHR CLAHRC research internship to complete a project on managing low back pain.

Two new publications, supported by the NIHR Manchester MSK BRU, provide new information that could help better diagnosis and treatment of Inclusion Body Myositis, a rare musculoskeletal condition.

Congratulations to the CMFT haematology research team for recruiting most patients in the UK and abroad for the study into treating acute graft-versus-host disease.

Five research theme leads from the NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit have been included in a list of the top 30 most cited rheumatology authors in the Europe.