Research and innovation news

A new app which rewards children with asthma for using inhalers correctly by blowing away cartoon baddies could help them overcome their fear of breathing devices.

Congratulations to the ENT research team, led by Professor Simon Lloyd, who have successfully recruited five patients to the QuicKfire study, which is just over 41% of the UK target.

Congratulations to Janette Dunkerley who has been appointed as Lead Nurse for the Research and Innovation (R&I) Division at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT).

The Heart UK consensus statement, led by the Manchester lipid clinic and lipoprotein services team at Central Manchester Hospitals, was recently published in the journal Atherosclerosis.

A group of young designers from Manchester are launching a new exhibition showcasing innovative designs at Manchester Art Gallery to help raise awareness of musculoskeletal disorders.

The Public Programmes Team has been invited to showcase the breadth of their rheumatology involvement and engagement work with young people at the UK’s biggest paediatric rheumatology conference.

Frailty is associated with an increased risk of fractures in part because frailty predisposes to falls. What is less well known is whether frailty is linked also with a reduction in bone strength.

Thursday 17th November saw the NIHR/Wellcome Trust Children’s Clinical Research Facility team take home the Outstanding Contribution award at the fourth annual Greater Manchester Research Awards.