PhDs in Focus: Mini pancreata are fighting cancer Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Author: Sofia Kochkina For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Sofia Kochkina outlines how their PhD project aims to develop a laboratory model of pancreatic cancer that could be used to identify drugs capable of fighting it, as part of the Cancer Precision Medicine theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Mini pancreata are fighting cancer
PhDs in Focus: Ethnicity and paediatric hearing health inequality in England Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Author: Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan outlines how their project is focused on reducing paediatric hearing inequalities within different ethnicities, with a particular focus on South Asian communities, as part of the Hearing Health theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Ethnicity and paediatric hearing health inequality in England
Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – February 2025 Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Author: Professor Anne Barton In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, discusses our commitment to delivering on Research Inclusion and examples of this across our 4 Clusters. Continue reading full article: Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – February 2025
PhDs in Focus: Developing a nasal swab test for early detection of lung cancer Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 Author: Rebecca Ford For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Rebecca Ford outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is part of the development of a nasal swab test for early detection of lung cancer, through the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Developing a nasal swab test for early detection of lung cancer
PhDs in Focus: Leveraging routinely collected population health data for rare conditions Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Author: Dr Tom Wright For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Dr Tom Wright outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project explores the use of routinely collected population-based health data to enhance our understanding of rare conditions and mental health, as part of the Rare Conditions theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Leveraging routinely collected population health data for rare conditions
PhDs in Focus: Exploring beyond genetic defects in lung cancers Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Author: Matt Church For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Matt Church outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project aims to better understand lung cancers without genetic defects to try to improve their outcome, as part of the Cancer Precision Medicine theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Exploring beyond genetic defects in lung cancers
PhDs in Focus: Developing a Core Outcome Set for a rare condition Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 Author: Zelpha D’Souza For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Zelpha D'Souza outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is investigating how to improve clinical trials in rare conditions, as part of the Rare Conditions theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: Developing a Core Outcome Set for a rare condition
PhDs in Focus: How can we improve outcomes for patients with bladder cancer? Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 Author: Fraser Child For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Fraser Child outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project focuses on improving outcomes for patients with bladder cancer, as part of the Advanced Radiotherapy theme. Continue reading full article: PhDs in Focus: How can we improve outcomes for patients with bladder cancer?