Research and innovation news

At total of £40,000 has been awarded to pilot projects led or supported by staff from CMFT to work with specialist teams to co-develop pioneering medical technology.

NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) celebrates start of funding with the launch of a new website.

Congratulations to Sasi Neelamekam and Anam Asif from the Medicine and Community Division for reaching the final stage in the Clinical Research Site category.

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.