To mark Cancer Survivors Day 2026, Senior Research Project Manager Alice Holt reflects on the progress on our Living With and Beyond Cancer Theme and successful education event held in partnership with the NIHR BRC at The Royal Marsden and ICR.
Continue reading full article: Cancer Survivors Day 2026: Celebrating voices, experiences, research, collaborations, and life beyond cancer
In this Innovator Insights blog, Melissa Perry shares how meaningful engagement with patients, the public, and industry from the very start of a study can transform research design.
Continue reading full article: Innovator Insights blog: Co-designing research with purpose – how collaboration and patient involvement shaped the RAD-PIT study by Melissa Perry
Celebrating NIHR's milestone 20th anniversary Professor Anne Barton, Director of the NIHR Manchester BRC, shares a personal reflection of the input and contribution NIHR has made to her research career so far.
Continue reading full article: NIHR20: Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – March 2026
In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, focuses on how we’re equipping the next generation of experts with the skills to lead world-class research.
Continue reading full article: Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – January 2026
In this blog, Professor Tim Felton, Director of the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Emergency and Acute Care, shares how Manchester’s NIHR infrastructure joined forces to tackle one of healthcare’s most pressing challenges: sepsis and antimicrobial resistance.
Continue reading full article: Inside HealthTech Research: Working in partnership to tackle sepsis and antimicrobial resistance
In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, focuses on commercialisation, collaboration and co-development in partnership with industry.
Continue reading full article: Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – October 2025
Mica, researcher from our Mental Health Theme, shares how young people have shaped her research into trauma and brain development.
Continue reading full article: Young people shaping research: a choice at every step
In this Innovator Insights blog, Dr Ali Al-Janabi discusses how collaborating with industry during his PhD on inflammatory skin diseases advanced his research portfolio, fostered translational impact, and shaped his future direction in personalised medicine for dermatology research.
Continue reading full article: Innovator Insights blog: Advancing dermatology research through industry partnerships with Dr Ali Al-Janabi